a. 1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. “An accustomed action.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Frequented by customers. [ Obs. ] “A well accustomed shop.” Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Habituation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Acetimeter. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray + &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) The mouth or anterior opening of a cœlenterate animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. altus high + -meter. ] A theodolite. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'apotomh` a cutting off, fr. 'apote`mnein to cut off; 'apo` from + te`mnein to cut. ] 1. (Math.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between √2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; joint + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pref. astro- + photometer. ] (Astron.) A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Astron.) The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets. -- As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Azote + -meter. ] (Chem.) An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having legs that flare at the bottom; -- of trousers. bell-bottomed trousers [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; windpipe + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the bronchial tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thunder + -meter. ] (Meteor.) An instrument for noting or recording phenomena attendant on thunderstorms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; vertical height + -meter. ] An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduated standard. [ Written also kathetometer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cephalo- + Gr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Med.) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chart + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring charts or maps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Count; -meter. ] A calculating machine; an arithmometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Costa + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to cut. ] An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A doublet of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See Custom. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank. J. A. H. Murray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A lewd woman. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Cyclostomi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bladder + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to cut: cf. F. cystotome. ] (Surg.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mouth of a protozoan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an instrument for determining optical or photographic density. A variety capable of measuring optical density of a sample at a number of different wavelengths, is called a spectrophotometer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as densimeter. [ PJC ]

n. measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light through it and measuring the intensity of the transmitted light. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Dilate + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. dys- ill, hard + tomo`s cutting, diate`mnein to cut. ] (Min.) Cleaving with difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Datolite was called dystome spar by Mohs.

n. [ Ecto- + -mere. ] (Biol.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Endostoma. ] 1. (Bot.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) And endostoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. entérotome. See Enterotomy. ] (Med.) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ento- + -mere. ] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zoöl.) (a) The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Epitomes [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. &unr_; to cut into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. See Tome. ] 1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ An ] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man so various that he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.

Syn. -- Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; mouth :cf. F. exostome. ] (Bot.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having a flat bottom. a flat-bottom boat [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Of great capacity below the water line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, milk + -meter: cf. F. galactomètre. Cf. Lactometer. ] An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + -meter. ] (Physiol.) (a) Same as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Haemacytometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "armo`s a joint + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. harmotome.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone. [1913 Webster]

☞ A related mineral, called lime harmotome, and Phillipsite, contains lime in place of baryta. Dana. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. [ F. &unr_; hectomètre, fr. Gr. &unr_; hundred + F. mètre a meter. ] A measure of length, equal to a hundred meters. It is equivalent to 328.09 feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

and , n. Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Holo + Gr. sto`ma mouth. ] (Zool.) One of the Holostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. hypostoma, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + &unr_; mouth.] (Zool.) The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Induction + -meter. ] (Elec.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cathetometer. [ 1913 Webster ]