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Manifest :: Manifest (a.) Detected; convicted; -- with of.

Gasoscope :: Gasoscope (n.) An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house..

Searcher :: Searcher (n.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities..

Sideroscope :: Sideroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.

Detector :: Detector (n.) One who, or that which, detects; a detecter..

Spot :: Spot (v. t.) To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal..

Detective :: Detective (n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.

Tithonometer :: Tithonometer (n.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.

Reagent :: Reagent (n.) A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test..

Nesslerize :: Nesslerize (v. t.) To treat or test, as a liquid, with a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide, which is called Nessler's solution or Nessler's test, and is used to detect the presence of ammonia..

Divine :: Divine (v. t.) To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

Detectible :: Detectible (a.) Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable..

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal..

Pilot :: Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To detect; to discover; to find out.

Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.

Beagle :: Beagle (n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.

Abdominoscopy :: Abdominoscopy (n.) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.

Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..

Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection..

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