sundial

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sun=di=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

sundial, n. 

 An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.  [1913 Webster]

Sundial shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sundial, n. an instrument showing the time by the shadow of a pointer cast by the sun on to a graduated disc.

ROGET THESAURUS

sundial

Chronometry

N chronometry, horometry, horology, date, epoch, style, era, almanac, calendar, ephemeris, register, registry, chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio, watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch, atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock, chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph, repeater, timekeeper, timepiece, dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra, ghurry, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper, annalist, calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year, chronological, chronometrical, chronogrammatical, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento, o'clock.