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A treatise on gnomonics.

The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting.

The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. -- Gyn`e*col"o*gist.

The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.

The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

The science which treats of the blood.

The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoölogy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

s in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.

The science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally. St. George Mivart.

A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.

The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.

Same as Histology.

f the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.

A discourse on history. Cockeram.

The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.

The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.

That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc.