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That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor. Whewell.

The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.

terest in matters of politics and general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton, and the epistemological theories of Locke, in the preceding century. Its chief center was in France,…

The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.

The art or science of flying.

o awake; to wake. [He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper. Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson.

An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.

person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

The science relating to bacteria.

The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine. Whewell.

A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.

The science of weight or gravity.

The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea.

To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode. The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. Shak.

nd involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. Hume.

In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.

by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. Milton.

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.

o adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. -- The Border, The Borders, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. -- Over the border, across the boundary line or frontier.