From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: Words ending in -scope
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:06:03 GMT
Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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From the keyboard of mnash@IDA.ORG (Mike Nash):
:Does anyone have a nice, long list of English nouns ending in -scope?  I'm
:looking for words describing optical devices, like microscope, telescope,
:arthroscope, laparoscope.  I'd like definitions, too, but I can to go my
:dictionary for those if need be.

:r!grep 'scope$' /usr/dict/words
abdominoscope
aberroscope
aerobioscope
aeroscope
aethrioscope
agglutinoscope
albuminoscope
albumoscope
alethoscope
aleuroscope
altiscope
amblyoscope
anaglyphoscope
anamorphoscope
anemoscope
angioscope
anomaloscope
anorthoscope
anoscope
anoxyscope
antroscope
aphengescope
aphengoscope
aphenoscope
areroscope
astigmatoscope
astroscope
auriscope
auscultascope
Auscultoscope
auscultoscope
autechoscope
autolaryngoscope
autophonoscope
autophthalmoscope
autoscope
autostethoscope
baroscope
bioscope
bronchoscope
cardioscope
cavascope
celioscope
ceraunoscope
cerebroscope
chorepiscope
chromascope
chromatoscope
chromodiascope
chromoscope
chronoscope
Cinemascope
colonoscope
colposcope
comparascope
conoscope
cosmoscope
cryoscope
cryptoscope
cyclonoscope
cycloscope
cymoscope
cystoscope
defectoscope
diaphanoscope
diascope
dichroiscope
dichrooscope
dichroscope
dipleidoscope
dipleiodoscope
ebullioscope
electrocystoscope
electroscope
embryoscope
encephaloscope
endoscope
engiscope
engyscope
enteroscope
entoptoscope
epidiascope
episcope
erythroscope
esophagoscope
euryscope
floriscope
floroscope
fluoroscope
galactoscope
galvanoscope
gasoscope
gastroscope
glottiscope
graphoscope
gyroscope
haemaspectroscope
hagioscope
haloscope
haploscope
heliochromoscope
helioscope
hemaspectroscope
hematoscope
hematospectroscope
hemoscope
heteroscope
horoscope
hydroscope
hygroscope
hyposcope
hysteroscope
iconoscope
inductoscope
iriscope
isoscope
kaleidescope
kaleidoscope
keratoscope
kinescope
kinetoscope
koniscope
lactoscope
laryngendoscope
laryngoscope
laryngostroboscope
lithoscope
lychnoscope
magnascope
magnetoscope
manoscope
meatoscope
megalethoscope
megaloscope
megascope
melanoscope
metaloscope
meteoroscope
metroradioscope
metroscope
microelectroscope
micromotoscope
microphotoscope
micropolariscope
microscope
microspectroscope
mirrorscope
monoscope
mutoscope
myoscope
myrioscope
nasoscope
nepheloscope
nephoscope
Niloscope
odontoscope
omniscope
ondascope
ondoscope
ooscope
opeidoscope
ophthalmoleucoscope
ophthalmoscope
orthoscope
oscilloscope
osmoscope
osteoscope
otheoscope
otoscope
ozonoscope
pagoscope
pantascope
pantoscope
periodoscope
periscope
peritoneoscope
phacoidoscope
phacoscope
phaneroscope
phantascope
phantasmascope
phantoscope
pharyngoscope
phenakistoscope
phoneidoscope
Phonelescope
phonendoscope
phonophotoscope
phonoscope
phoroscope
phosphoroscope
photochromascope
photochromoscope
photogastroscope
photomicroscope
photonephoscope
photoscope
photospectroscope
phototelescope
pioscope
planiscope
pluvioscope
pneoscope
pneumatoscope
polariscope
polemoscope
polymicroscope
polyscope
poroscope
praxinoscope
proctoscope
pseudoscope
pseudostereoscope
pupilloscope
pyroscope
radarscope
radioscope
rectoscope
reflectoscope
retinoscope
rheoscope
rhinolaryngoscope
rhinoscope
roentgenoscope
rotascope
saccharoscope
salpingoscope
schistoscope
scintilloscope
Scleroscope
scleroscope
scope
scotoscope
seismoscope
selenoscope
sideroscope
sigmoidoscope
skiascope
sniperscope
snooperscope
spectrohelioscope
spectromicroscope
spectropolariscope
spectroscope
spectrotelescope
sphincteroscope
sphygmoscope
spinthariscope
spiroscope
statiscope
statoscope
stauroscope
stereomonoscope
stereophantascope
stereoscope
stereotelescope
stethoscope
stomatoscope
stroboscope
synchroscope
tachistoscope
tachoscope
tachyscope
teinoscope
telectroscope
telegraphoscope
telelectroscope
telengiscope
telescope
telespectroscope
telestereoscope
theatroscope
thermoscope
thoracoscope
thorascope
tonoscope
tribophosphoroscope
trichinoscope
tropostereoscope
ultramicroscope
uranoscope
uretercystoscope
ureterocystoscope
urethrascope
urethroscope
uteroscope
vaginoscope
verascope
vibroscope
viscoscope
vitascope
volumescope
zeoscope
zoopraxiscope
zymoscope


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