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12 words match “KIST”

KIST n. 2 definitions
A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov. End.] Jamieson. Halliwell.
KISTVAEN n.
A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.
BAKISTRE n.
A baker. [Obs.] Chaucer.
KAKISTOCRACY n.
Government by the worst men.
PHENAKISTOSCOPE n.
A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be…
VOLAPUKIST; VOLAPUEKIST n.
One who is conversant with, or who favors adoption of, Volapük.
PHANTASCOPE n.
An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.
PRAXINOSCOPE n.
An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.
SATURNIAN a.
an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: --Thê queen | wâs isn | thê kistch | ên eatîng | bread ând | honêy.
STROBOSCOPE n.
An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.
VIBROSCOPE n.
An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.
ZOOPRAXISCOPE; ZOOEPRAXISCOPE n.
An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.