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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_.
