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One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments.

some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 153, 179, 181-3…

adjectively; as, home- rule members of Parliament. -- Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule. -- Home run (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base. -- Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between the last curve and the winning post.…

t method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

ric acid on fluorite, and is usually collected as a solution in water. It attacks all silicates, as glass or porcelain, is the agent employed in etching glass, and is preserved only in vessels of platinum, lead, caoutchouc, or gutta-percha.

One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

nvolve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.

and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility. The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds. S. Clarke.

One who inculcates. Boyle.

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. Arbuthnot.

That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease.

st by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.

a forest by a tree, etc. Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived

That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis.

Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant. Smart.

One who educates; an instructor. [Obs.] Walker.

te the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.

A member of the International; one who believes in, or advocates the doctrines of, the International.

That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.