A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
aerography
aerography
noun
A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
agathyrsus
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
airtightly
airtightly
adv
Sealed in an airtight manner.
antigraphy
archeology
archeology
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of archaeology
areography
areography
noun
(astronomy, geography) The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars.
arthrology
arthrology
noun
(anatomy) The branch of anatomy dealing with the joints
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
bolography
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
braggishly
braggishly
adv
In a braggish manner.
budgerygah
cacography
cacography
noun
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
calography
carphology
carphology
noun
Alternative form of carphologia
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
chargeably
chargeably
adv
(obsolete) At great cost; expensively.
charmingly
charmingly
adv
In a charming manner.
chartology
coprophagy
coprophagy
noun
The eating of feces.
crashingly
crashingly
adv
Absolutely; terribly
While crashing, or as if crashing
cyclograph
cyclograph
noun
arcograph
cyclogram
cynography
cyrtograph
daughterly
daughterly
adj
Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
draughtily
draughtily
adv
In a draughty manner.
dysgraphia
dysgraphia
noun
A language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
fetography
galsworthy
gargoylish
gargoylish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gargoyle.
grannybush
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
graphalloy
graphology
graphology
noun
(uncountable) The study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing a person's character.
A system of handwriting.
graphonomy
graphonomy
noun
Synonym of graphonomics
graphotype
graphotype
noun
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
verb
To produce a design by this process.
grayfishes
graywether
graywether
noun
Alternative form of greywether
gymnarchus
gymnorhina
gynarchies
gynarchies
noun
plural of gynarchy
hagiocracy
hagiocracy
noun
Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.
hagiolatry
hagiolatry
noun
The worship of saints.
handygripe
hangworthy
hangworthy
adj
deserving of being hanged
worthy of being hung
harbingery
heterogamy
heterogamy
noun
(biology) The state of conjugating gametes that are different in size, structure and function.
(sociology) Marriage or similar union between people of different sexes, or social strata, such as races.
heterogyna
highlandry
highlandry
Noun
Highlanders collectively.
holography
holography
noun
(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms
homagyrius
homography
homography
noun
(geometry) An isomorphism between projective spaces that maps straight lines to straight lines.
The state or quality of being written in the same way, especially when spelled with the same letters (as with a pair of homonyms), or also as represented with similar or identical glyphs (as with homoglyphs); the state or quality of existing as homographs.
horography
horography
noun
(historical) local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events
The art of constructing dials or instruments for indicating the hours.
hurrygraph
hyalograph
hyalograph
noun
An instrument for tracing designs on glass.
hydragogue
hydragogue
adj
(medicine) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
noun
Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic.
hydrangeas
hydrangeas
noun
plural of hydrangea
hydrograph
hydrograph
noun
A graph of flow past a point in a river versus time.
A graph of water table versus time.
hyetograph
hyetograph
noun
A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
hygrograph
hygrograph
noun
Any of several forms of automated hygrometer that record humidity.
hygroplasm
hygroplasm
noun
(biology, archaic) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion.
hyperalgia
hyperalgia
noun
Synonym of hyperalgesia
hypnograph
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
langworthy
lemography
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
noun
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
lightyears
lightyears
noun
plural of lightyear
lipography
lipography
noun
A scribal or typographical error where a letter or group of letters that should be written twice is written once.
logography
logography
noun
(obsolete) A method of longhand reporting.
The use of logographs in writing.
The use of logotypes in design and printing.
megarhyssa
menorrhagy
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
mimography
mimography
noun
(archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.
mogigraphy
mogigraphy
noun
Alternative form of mogigraphia (“writer's cramp”)
monography
monography
noun
A monograph.
Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing.
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
neurophagy
nomography
nomography
noun
A treatise on laws.
nosography
nosography
noun
(pathology, medicine, countable) A treatise on diseases.
(pathology, medicine, uncountable) The systematic naming and description of diseases.
oiligarchy
oiligarchy
noun
(informal, derogatory) An elite group that obtains its power from control of the oil industry.
oleography
oleography
noun
The art or process of producing the pictures known as oleographs.
The process of identifying oils by their oleographs.
oncography
ontography
ontography
noun
The study of how living creatures react to the physiographic environment.
optography
optography
noun
The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the fixation of an image in the eye.
oreography
oreography
noun
Alternative form of orography
panhygrous
parchingly
parchingly
adv
So as to parch or dry out.
pasigraphy
pasigraphy
noun
(linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
phagocyter
pharyngeal
pharyngeal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
(phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.
noun
(phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant..
phryganeid
phryganeid
noun
(zoology) Any caddis fly belonging to the family Phryganeidae.
phytograph
playwright
playwright
noun
A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
polygarchy
polygraphs
polygraphs
noun
plural of polygraph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polygraph
polygraphy
polygraphy
noun
Much writing; writing of many books.
The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same.
The art or practice of using a polygraph.
prasophagy
psychogram
psychogram
noun
(psychology, dated) A composite psychological measurement that attempts to integrate various interrelated elements of a person's thought processes.
(psychology, dated) A kind of visual diagram of an individual's personality.
pyelograph
pyrography
pyrography
noun
A decoration or design so produced.
The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker.
pythagoras
pythagoric
pythagoric
Adjective
Pythagorean.
Noun
Pythagorean.
renography
renography
noun
imaging of the kidney
rhabdology
rhabdology
noun
Alternative form of rabdology
rhegmatype
rhegmatypy
sarcophagy
sarcophagy
noun
The practice of eating flesh.
satyagraha
satyagraha
noun
The policy of nonviolent resistance as used by Mahatma Gandhi during the struggle for Indian independence.
satyagrahi
satyagrahi
noun
A proponent or practitioner of satyagraha.
sciagraphy
sciagraphy
noun
(obsolete) A vertical section through a building.
Radiography.
The art of representing shadows as realistically as possible.
A fountain pen that has a thin hollow tube or needle instead of a nib, and which releases ink when pressed against the paper.
tachygraph
tachygraph
noun
An example of tachygraphy or shorthand, especially an ancient manuscript.
telegraphy
telegraphy
noun
Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.
The devices and networks used to enact this process.
The science and techniques used to enact this process.
tenography
tenography
noun
The diagnostic imaging of tendons.
tharginyah
throughway
throughway
noun
(US) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
tomography
tomography
noun
Imaging by sections or sectioning.
topography
topography
noun
(by extension) A figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.
A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
A precise description of a place.
The features themselves; terrain.
The surveying of the features.
triglyphal
trypograph
typography
typography
noun
The appearance and style of typeset matter.
The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
The practice or process of printing with type.
vapography
venography
venography
noun
(medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which an X-ray of the veins, a venogram, is taken after a special dye is injected into the bone marrow or veins.
whiggarchy
xerography
xerography
noun
A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.
xylography
xylography
noun
(rare) The art of making xylographs.
yarborough
yarborough
noun
(card games) A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.