aethrioscope
noun
ae·thri·o·scope
ˈē-thrē-ə-ˌskōp,
ˈe-
: an instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky
Word History
Etymology
Greek aithrios clear + English -scope
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined above
- the populace
- the Portuguese
- the possessive
- the Post Office
- the Postal Service
- the pot
- the potty
- the pound
- the poverty line
- the power behind the throne
- the powers that be
- the present
- the present day
- the present perfect
- the present writer
- the press
- the previous couple of
- the priesthood
- the prime meridian
- the Privy Council
- the privy purse
- the progressive
- the proletariat
- the Promised Land
- the proof is in the pudding