An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorium
auditorium
noun
(in a theater, etc.) the space where the audience is located
a large room for public meetings or performances
autodermic
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
eudiometer
eudiometer
noun
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
eudiometry
eudiometry
noun
(chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
mistutored
mistutored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistutor
modularity
modularity
noun
The property of being modular.
multichord
multichord
adj
Relating to multiple musical chords.
multiwords
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
outadmiral
outmarried
outmarried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outmarry
picturedom
puritandom
rheumatoid
rheumatoid
adj
Presenting analogies with rheumatism.
semirotund
semirotund
adj
Somewhat or partly rotund.
sudatorium
sudatorium
noun
A hot room used to induce sweating, steam room, steam bath, sauna.
