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The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.

A person skilled in taxidermy.

One skilled in taxonomy.

That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.

A follower of Thomas Aquinas. See Scotist.

A performer who keeps good time.

One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. -- To`tem*is"tic, a.

One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time.

A nonconformist. [Obs.]

Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.

One who writes a volume; an author. [Obs.] Milton.

One versed or engaged in xylotomy.

Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zoötomy.

-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, wi…

A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]

article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.