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Definition: BAROSCOPE |
BAROSCOPENoun1. Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes. |
Etymology: Baroscope \Bar"o*scope\, noun. [Greek expression weight -scope: compare to the French expression baroscope.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Air | Aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer; aneroid, baroscope; weather gauge, weather glass,aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer; aneroid, baroscope; weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BAROSCOPE |
| English words defined with "BAROSCOPE": Baroscopical. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BAROSCOPE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (baroscope). |
| Language | Translations for "BAROSCOPE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | البارسكوب أداة لحسب الضغط الجوي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бароскоп. (various references) | |
Danish | barograf (barograph, recording barometer). (various references) | |
Dutch | baroskoop. (various references) | |
Finnish | baroskooppi. (various references) | |
French | boroscope, baroscope. (various references) | |
German | Baroskop. (various references) | |
Greek | όργανο βαρομετρικής πιέσεως, βαροσκοπίο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | légnyomásmutató. (various references) | |
Italian | baroscopio. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aroscopebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | baroscópio. (various references) | |
Romanian | baroscop. (various references) | |
Russian | бароскоп. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | baroskop. (various references) | |
Spanish | baroscopio. (various references) | |
Swedish | baroskop. (various references) | |
Turkish | baroskop. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | бароскоп. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "BAROSCOPE" (pronounced 'Bar"o*scope'): Aeroscope, AEthrioscope, Alethoscope, Altiscope, Anamorphoscope, Anemoscope, Angioscope, Anorthoscope, Astroscope, Auriscope, Ceraunoscope, Chromascope, Chromatoscope, Chronoscope, Cyclonoscope, Cycloscope, Cymoscope, Debuscope, Echoscope, Galvanoscope, Gasoscope, gastroscope, gyroscope, horoscope, hygroscope, Kaleidoscope, Leucoscope, Lychnoscope, Manoscope, Meatoscope, Megalethoscope, Megascope, Melanoscope, Meteoroscope, Metroscope, Microspectroscope, Mutoscope, Myrioscope, Nephoscope, Niloscope, Opeidoscope, Ophthalmoscope, Orthoscope, oscilloscope, Otheoscope, Otoscope, Ozonoscope, Pantascope, Periodoscope, Periscope. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-o-o-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: boraces, caboose, coopers, saprobe, scooper. | |
-3 letters: becaps, braces, cabers, capers, carbos, carobs, coarse, cobras, cooers, cooper, copers, copras, corpse, crapes, escarp, operas, pacers, pareos, parsec, porose, probes, rebops, recaps, roscoe, scrape, scroop, secpar, soaper, spacer. | |
-4 letters: acerb, acres, apers, apres, arose, asper, bares, baser, bears, becap, boars, boors, boras, bores, brace, braes, broos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-o-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: acrophobes. | |
+2 letters: baroceptors. | |
+3 letters: proboscidean. | |
+4 letters: baroreceptors, claustrophobe, proboscideans. | |
+5 letters: claustrophobes, polycarbonates. | |
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