PHO"NOGRAPH (Gr. n. _pho"ne_, sound), _an instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds_.
PHONOG"RAPHY, _a system of short hand; the art of constructing or of using the phonograph_.
PHOTOG"RAPHY (Gr. n. _phos, phot"os_, light), _the art of producing pictures by light_.
STENOG"RAPHY (Gr. adj. _sten"os_, narrow), _the art of writing in short-hand_.
TEL"EGRAPH (Gr. _te"le_, at a distance), _an apparatus for conveying intelligence to a distance by means of electricity_.
TOPOG"RAPHY (Gr. n. _top"os_, a place), _the description of a particular place_.
TYPOGRAPHY (Gr. n. _tu"pos_, a type), _the art or operation of printing_.
13. HOD"OS ("?d??), _a way_.
EP"ISODE, _an incidental story introduced into a poem or narrative_.
EX"ODUS, _departure from a place; the second book of the Old Testament_.
METH"OD, _order, system, way, manner_.
METH"ODIST, _the followers of John Wesley_. (The name has reference to the strictness of the rules of this sect of Christians).
PE"RIOD (Gr. n. _period"os_, a pa.s.sage round), _the time in which anything is performed; a kind of sentence; a punctuation mark_.
SYN"OD, _a meeting of ecclesiastics_.
14. HU"DOR ("?d??), _water_.
HY"DRA, _a water-snake; a fabulous monster serpent slain by Hercules_.
HYDRAN"GEA, _a genus of plants remarkable for their absorption of water_.
HY"DRANT, _a water-plug_.
HYDRAU"LIC (Gr. n. _au"los_, a pipe), _relating to the motion of water through pipes; worked by water_.
HYDRAU"LICS, _the science which treats of fluids in motion_.
HYDROCEPH"ALUS (Gr. n. _keph"ale_, the head), _dropsy of the head_.
HY"DROGEN (Gr. v. _gen"ein_, to beget), _a gas which with oxygen produces water_.
HYDROG"RAPHY, _the art of maritime surveying and mapping_.
HYDROP"ATHY (Gr. n. _path"os_, feeling), _the water-cure_.
HYDROPHO"BIA (Gr. n. _phob"os_, fear), literally, _dread of water; canine madness_.
HY"DROPSY, _a collection of water in the body_. ("Dropsy" is a contraction of _hydropsy_).
HYDROSTAT"ICS, _the science which treats of fluids at rest_.
15. KRAT"OS (??at??), _rule, government, strength_.
ARISTOC"RACY (Gr. adj. _aris"tos_, best), _government by n.o.bles_.
ARIS"TOCRAT, _one who favors aristocracy_.
AU"TOCRAT. See _au"tos_.
DEMOC"RACY (Gr. n. _de"mos_, the people), _government by the people_.
DEM"OCRAT, _one who upholds democracy; in the United States, a member of the democratic party_.
THEOC"RACY, _government of a state by divine direction, as the ancient Jewish state_.
16. LOG"OS (?????), _speech, ratio, description, science_.
LOG"IC, _the science and art of reasoning_.
LOGI"CIAN, _one skilled in logic_.
LOG"ARITHMS (Gr. n. _arith"mos_, number), _a cla.s.s of numbers that abridge arithmetical calculations_.
a.n.a.l"OGY, _a resemblance of ratios_.
AP"OLOGUE, _a moral fable_.
APOL"OGY, _a defense, an excuse_.
CAT"ALOGUE, _a list of names in order_.
CHRONOL"OGY. (See _chronos_.)
CONCHOL"OGY (Gr. n. _kon"chos_, a sh.e.l.l), _the science of sh.e.l.ls_.
DEC"ALOGUE (Gr. _dek"a_, ten), _the ten commandments_.
DOXOL"OGY (Gr. n. _doxa_, glory), _a hymn expressing glory to G.o.d_.
EC"LOGUE, _a pastoral poem_.
ENTOMOL"OGY (Gr. n. _ento"ma_, insects, and v. _tem"nein_, to cut), _the natural history of insects_.