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

Detect :: Detect (v. t.) To inform against; to accuse.

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

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..

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

Inspect :: Inspect (v. t.) To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

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

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

Hygroscopic :: Hygroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture..

Find :: Find (v. t.) To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.

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..

Melanoscope :: Melanoscope (n.) An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit..

Trichinoscope :: Trichinoscope (n.) An apparatus for the detection of trichinae in the flesh of animals, as of swine..

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..

Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.

Runner :: Runner (n.) A detective.

Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy..

Bacterioscopy :: Bacterioscopy (n.) The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water..

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