thermometer
ther.mom.e.ter \th*(r)-'ma:m-*t-*r\ \.th*r-m*-'me-trik\ \-tri-k(*-)le-\ n [F thermome'tre, fr. Gk therme- heat + F -o- + -me'tr]e -meter - more at THERM : an instrument for determining temperature consisting typically of a glas s bulb attached to a fine tube of glass with a numbered scale and containing a liquid (as mercury or colored alcohol) that is sealed in and rises and falls with changes of temperature - ther.mo.met.ric aj