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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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218 words match “COPY”

EPISCOPY n. 2 definitions
Survey; superintendence. [Obs.] Milton.
FLUOROSCOPY n.
exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.
GALVANOSCOPY n.
The use of galvanism in physiological experiments.
GASTROSCOPY n.
Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope.
GELOSCOPY n.
Divination by means of laughter.
GEOSCOPY n.
Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection. Chambers.
HEPATOSCOPY n.
Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
HIEROSCOPY n.
Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
HOROSCOPY n. 2 definitions
The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.
ICHNOSCOPY n.
The search for the traces of anything. [R.]
LARYNGOSCOPY n.
The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.
LEUCOPYRITE n.
A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.
MANOSCOPY n.
The science of the determination of the density of vapors and gases.
METOPOSCOPY n.
The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.
MICROSCOPY n.
The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope.
MISCOPY v. 2 definitions
To copy amiss.
NAUSCOPY n.
The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.
ONEIROSCOPY n.
The interpretation of dreams.
OPHTHALMOSCOPY n. 2 definitions
A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge of a person's temper and character from the appearance of the eyes.
ORGANOSCOPY n.
Phrenology. Fleming.
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