n. The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acidus acid + -metry. ] (Chem.) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. -- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to hear + -metry. ] The measuring of the power or extent of hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The measurement of the force of solar radiation. Maury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light. Abney. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. avoutrie, avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L. adulterium. Cf. Adultery. ] Adultery. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + -metry: cf. F. érométrie. ] The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alchemy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Alcoholometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chemists say alcomètre, alcoomètrie, doubtless by the suppression of a syllable in order to avoid a disagreeable sequence of sounds. (Cf. Idolatry.) Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + -mancy. ] Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. alcalimètrie. ] (Chem.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. altimétrie. ] The art of measuring altitudes, or heights. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus died this imaginary king; and Anabaptistry was suppressed in Munster. Pagitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor. ] 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Antiquity; what is ancient. [ 1913 Webster ]

They contain not word of ancientry. West. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Old age; also, old people. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wronging the ancientry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gentleman of more ancientry than estate. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; service, worship. ] Worship paid to angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Aëronautics) The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aërocurve) and the line of motion; -- contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; worship. ] Man worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -mercy. ] Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; length + -metry. ] The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'araio`s thin, rare + -metry. ] The art or process of measuring the specific gravity of fluids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. argenterie, fr. argent silver, L. argentum. ] Silver plate or vessels. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Works of art collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Artistic effect or quality. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Artistic pursuits; artistic ability. The Academy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al a. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al*ly adv. [ PJC ]

n. [ Astro- + Gr. &unr_; service, worship: cf. F. astrolâtrie. ] The worship of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + metry. ] The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; symmetry. ] 1. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) Incommensurability. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; vapor + &unr_; medical treatment, healing. ] Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a hole. ] (Paleon.) A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Atter. ] Poisonous; malignant; malicious. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the measurement of hearing.
Syn. -- audiology [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. measuring sensitivity of hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Ancestry. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; worship. ] Self-worship. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Adultery. See Advoutry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. baculum staff + -metry. ] Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Balladry. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n.; pl. Baptisteries Baptistries [ L. baptisterium, Gr. baptisth`rion: cf. F. baptistère. ] (Arch.) (a) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near. (b) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of making barometrical measurements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. baraterie, LL. barataria. See Barrator, and cf. Bartery. ] 1. (Law) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [ Also spelt barretry. ] Coke. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mar. Law) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. Kent. Park. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`qos depth + -metry. ] The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve. ] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bigoterie. ] 1. The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice or tenets of a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bijouterie. See Bijou. ] Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]