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Binominal. [Obs.]

Physiology. [R.] Dunglison.

An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.

Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. Watts.

An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.

A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to carcinoma.

An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.

The art of judging character by the shape and apperance of the hand.

The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [Obs.]

sually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.

Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer.

The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.

Inheritance; heritage.

An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.

Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer.

That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.

The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.