Vocabulary : Metonymical to Metosteon

Metonymical : Used by way of metonymy.
Metonymy : A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
Metope : The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature. ;; The face of a crab.
Metopic : Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.
Metopomancy : Fortune telling by physiognomy.

Metoposcopic : Alt. of Metoposcopical
Metoposcopical : Of or relating to metoposcopy.
Metoposcopist : One versed in metoposcopy.
Metoposcopy : The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.
Metosteon : The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.

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