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Melodics :: Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody..

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..

Staff :: Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major..

Expert :: Expert (n.) A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.

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

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.

Girondist :: Girondist (n.) A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.

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

Rhythmics :: Rhythmics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.

Department :: Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics..

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

Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme..

Cuisine :: Cuisine (n.) The kitchen or cooking department.

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..

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

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..

Hygiene :: Hygiene (n.) That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health..

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..

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

Senate :: Senate (n.) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government..

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