An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight.
verb
(intransitive) To send a heliograph.
(transitive) To send a message by heliograph.
(transitive, dated) To photograph by sunlight.
hemiplegia
hemiplegia
noun
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
hemophagia
hepatalgia
hepatalgia
noun
(medicine) pain in the liver
hepatising
hepatising
verb
present participle of hepatise
hepatizing
hepatizing
verb
present participle of hepatize
hepatology
hepatology
noun
(medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
heptagonal
heptagonal
adj
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to the sequence generated by the formula (5n²-3n)/2.
Having seven angles and sides.
heptagynia
herpangina
herpangina
noun
(medicine) mouth blisters; a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses
hierograph
hierograph
noun
A sacred symbol.
hippophagi
hippophagi
noun
Eaters of horseflesh.
hippophagy
hippophagy
noun
The eating of horsemeat.
holographs
holographs
noun
plural of holograph
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
homographs
homographs
noun
plural of homograph
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.
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
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.
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.
hypalgesia
hypalgesia
noun
Alternative form of hypoalgesia
hypalgesic
hypalgesic
adj
Alternative form of hypoalgesic
hyperalgia
hyperalgia
noun
Synonym of hyperalgesia
hypnagogic
hypnagogic
adj
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.
That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
hypnograph
hypogeally
hypogeugea
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypopygial
hypopygial
adj
Relating to a hypopygium
hypostigma
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
iconograph
iconograph
noun
(dated) An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.
A picture formed by a word or words.
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
impeaching
impeaching
verb
present participle of impeach
iphigeniah
isographic
isographic
adj
Of or pertaining to isography.
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
labiograph
lagomorpha
legateship
legateship
noun
The office or authority of a legate.
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.
lightplane
lightplane
noun
A small, lightweight aeroplane.
limnograph
limnograph
noun
An instrument for measuring water level
lineograph
lipography
lipography
noun
A scribal or typographical error where a letter or group of letters that should be written twice is written once.
lipophagic
lipophagic
adj
Relating to lipophagy.
lithograph
lithograph
noun
A printed image produced by lithography.
verb
To create a copy of an image through lithography.
logography
logography
noun
(obsolete) A method of longhand reporting.
The use of logographs in writing.
The use of logotypes in design and printing.
logophobia
logophobia
noun
Fear of words.
machipongo
macrograph
macrograph
noun
An image of an object as seen by the naked eye, without magnification.
An image of an object that is at least as large as the object.
macrophage
macrophage
noun
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
mallophaga
malpighian
malpighian
Adjective
Of, relating to, or discovered by an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
mareograph
mareograph
noun
(oceanography) marigraph
megaphoned
megaphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of megaphone
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
megaphonic
megaphonic
adj
(of a sound) Produced by a megaphone
(of a voice) loud and echoey, as if produced by a megaphone
Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone
megaphyton
meliphagan
mesophragm
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
metaphragm
meteograph
mezzograph
mezzograph
noun
(historical) A multicolored picture having the colors printed via photolithography and then overprinted in black or blue collotype for the outlines.
micrograph
micrograph
noun
A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope
verb
To produce such an image by micrography.
microphage
microphage
noun
(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
microphagy
microphagy
noun
(biology) The condition of being microphagous
mimeograph
mimeograph
noun
(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
verb
To make mimeograph copies.
mimography
mimography
noun
(archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.
misshaping
misshaping
verb
present participle of misshape
mogigraphy
mogigraphy
noun
Alternative form of mogigraphia (“writer's cramp”)
mogiphonia
mogiphonia
noun
Difficulty in speaking, triggered by the effort of singing or speaking loudly.
monographs
monographs
noun
plural of monograph
monography
monography
noun
A monograph.
Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing.
monophagia
multigraph
multigraph
noun
(graph theory) A set V (whose elements are called vertices or nodes), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an edge or line) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
(graph theory, less commonly) A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
(historical, printing) A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
(linguistics) A specific sequence of letters treated as a (phonemic) unit.
verb
(historical, transitive) To print using a multigraph machine.
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
myographic
myographic
adj
Pertaining to myography.
necrophaga
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
neographic
neographic
adj
Of or relating to innovative forms of writing.
nephograph
nephograph
noun
A device for taking photographs of clouds.
nephralgia
nephralgia
noun
Neuralgia (i.e. pain) of the kidneys.
nephralgic
nephralgic
adj
Relating to nephralgia.
neurophagy
noctograph
noctograph
noun
(historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.
A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
nomography
nomography
noun
A treatise on laws.
nongraphic
nongraphic
adj
Not graphic.
nosography
nosography
noun
(pathology, medicine, countable) A treatise on diseases.
(pathology, medicine, uncountable) The systematic naming and description of diseases.
oesophagal
oesophagal
adj
Alternative form of esophageal
oesophagus
oesophagus
noun
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
oleography
oleography
noun
The art or process of producing the pictures known as oleographs.
The process of identifying oils by their oleographs.
oligophagy
oligophagy
noun
feeding on few specific types of food (e.g. a single plant genus or family)
olographic
ombrograph
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
omophagist
omophagist
noun
One who eats raw meat.
omophagous
omophagous
Adjective
Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food.
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
organophil
orographic
orographic
adj
(meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather
Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
orthograph
orthograph
noun
An orthographic projection.
osphyalgia
osphyalgic
osteophage
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
paganishly
paganishly
adv
In a paganish manner.
paleoglyph
paleograph
paleograph
noun
An ancient manuscript.
pallograph
pallograph
noun
A device for recording vibrations.
pamphagous
pamphagous
adj
omnivorous; eating all kinds of things
panhygrous
pantagraph
pantagraph
noun
Alternative form of pantograph
pantograph
pantograph
noun
(rail transport) A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.
A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid.
A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying.
By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift.
verb
To engrave by means of a pantograph (parallel linkage) system.
pantophagy
pantophagy
noun
A diet that consists of a variety of foods.
paragnaths
paragnaths
noun
plural of paragnath
paragraphs
paragraphs
noun
plural of paragraph
paraphragm
paraphragm
noun
A kind of lateral diaphragm in crustaceans.
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.
pathogenic
pathogenic
adj
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pathognomy
pathognomy
noun
The expression of the passions or emotions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.
pathologic
pathologic
adj
(dated) Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
pedagogish
pelvigraph
pelvigraph
noun
An instrument for producing scale drawings of the pelvis.
perhalogen
petrograph
petrograph
noun
Drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.
phaenology
phagedaena
phagedaena
noun
Alternative form of phagedena
phagedenic
phagedenic
adj
Relating to phagedena.
phagocytal
phagocytal
adj
Synonym of phagocytic
phagocyter
phagocytic
phagocytic
adj
Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.
phagolysis
phagolysis
noun
The destruction of phagocytes
phagolytic
phagolytic
adj
Relating to, or causing phagolysis
phagomania
phagomania
noun
A compulsion to eat.
phalangeal
phalangeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a phalange
Relating to a phalanx
noun
(anatomy) A phalange (bone of a finger or toe)
phalangean
phalangian
phalangian
adj
(anatomy) phalangeal
phalangida
phalangiid
phalangiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of species of the family Phalangiidae of harvestman spiders.
phalangist
phalangist
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Phalangist
phalangite
phalangite
noun
(historical) Specifically, a pikeman fighting in a Macedonian phalanx, armed with a two-handed pike and using a smaller shield than the hoplite's aspis.