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Gunstome :: Gunstome (n.) A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.

Ideogeny :: Ideogeny (n.) The science which treats of the origin of ideas.

Aphemia :: Aphemia (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin..

Heliometer :: Heliometer (n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Hermes :: Hermes (n.) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Ter

Actuary :: Actuary (n.) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally..

Generate :: Generate (v. t.) To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause..

Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease..

Secondhand :: Secondhand (a.) Not original or primary; received from another.

Congenerical :: Congenerical (a.) Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action..

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles..

Reticule :: Reticule (n..) A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand..

Tuscan :: Tuscan (a.) Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital..

Standard :: Standard (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard..

Primitively :: Primitively (adv.) Originally; at first.

Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from..

Birthday :: Birthday (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.

Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery..

Farewell :: Farewell (interj.) Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell..

Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery..

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