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Arrondissement :: Arrondissement (n.) A subdivision of a department.

Craniology :: Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls..

Line :: Line (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity..

Executive :: Executive (a.) Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc..

Department :: Department (v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire..

Science :: Science (n.) Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind..

Tocology :: Tocology (n.) The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition..

Aerology :: Aerology (n.) That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

Cometology :: Cometology (n.) The department of astronomy relating to comets.

Secretary :: Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc..

Marine :: Marine (a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine..

Arachnology :: Arachnology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

Dairy :: Dairy (n.) That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese..

Pteridology :: Pteridology (n.) That department of botany which treats of ferns.

Postmaster-general :: Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church..

Carcinology :: Carcinology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology..

Logothete :: Logothete () An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department..

Excise :: Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.

Station :: Station (n.) Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.

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