Algologist
the branch of botany dealing with .
noun
the branch of biology concerned with the study of algae
noun
the branch of medicine concerned with the study of pain
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- Algometer
a device for determining sensitiveness to pain caused by pressure. noun an instrument for measuring sensitivity to pressure (pressure algometer) or to pain algometer al·gom·e·ter (āl-gŏm’ĭ-tər) n. See algesiometer.
- Algometry
a device for determining sensitiveness to pain caused by pressure. noun an instrument for measuring sensitivity to pressure (pressure algometer) or to pain algometer al·gom·e·ter (āl-gŏm’ĭ-tər) n. See algesiometer.
- Algonkian
Geology, (def 1). . Geology, (def 2). . Historical Examples The pottery of the Iroquoian and Algonkian tribes of the north-east was, as a rule, rather crude and undeveloped. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 Various They never became fur trappers in the same complete way as did the northern Algonkian and Athapaskan […]
- Algonkin
. . . . Historical Examples The adjectivals employed in the composition of Algonkin names are very numerous, and hardly admit of classification. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names J. Hammond Trumbull In a large number of these villages the Algonkin language was spoken. The Country of the Neutrals James H. Coyne From the Algonkin […]
- Algonquian
a family of languages spoken now or formerly by American Indians in an area extending from Labrador westward to the Rocky Mountains, west-southwestward through Michigan and Illinois, and southwestward along the Atlantic coast to Cape Hatteras, including especially Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Fox, Massachusett, Micmac, Ojibwa, and Powhatan. Compare (def 14). a member of an […]