A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
areography
areography
noun
(astronomy, geography) The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars.
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.
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.
edaphology
edaphology
noun
The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
ethography
ethography
noun
The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners
fetography
geoglyphic
geoglyphic
adj
Of or relating to geoglyphs.
geophysics
geophysics
noun
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
geothlypis
granophyre
granophyre
noun
A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
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.
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
hepatology
hepatology
noun
(medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
hieroglyph
hieroglyph
noun
(informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.
An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system.
verb
To represent by hieroglyphs.
hogrophyte
hyetograph
hyetograph
noun
A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
hygrophyte
hygrophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
hygroscope
hygroscope
noun
An instrument that indicates changes in atmospheric humidity
hypergolic
hypergolic
adj
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reactant, fuel, or propellant) Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidiser.
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reaction) Involving such a hypergolic agent.
hypogeally
hypogeiody
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogeugea
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypogynies
hypozeugma
hypozeugma
noun
A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
ideography
ideography
noun
The use of ideograms; logography.
lemography
megaphyton
morphogeny
morphogeny
noun
(biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny.
myographer
myographer
noun
One who studies myography.
necrophagy
necrophagy
noun
The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh
nephrology
nephrology
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
neurophagy
oleography
oleography
noun
The art or process of producing the pictures known as oleographs.
The process of identifying oils by their oleographs.
oreography
oreography
noun
Alternative form of orography
paleoglyph
petroglyph
petroglyph
noun
(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
phaenology
phagocyter
phlebology
phlebology
noun
(medicine) The study of veins and their diseases etc
phrenology
phrenology
noun
(medicine, biology) The pseudo-science, now discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.
phylogenic
phylogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to phylogeny
phylogenetic
physagogue
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
phytogenic
phytogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
phytophage
phytophage
noun
(biology) herbivore
psephology
psephology
noun
An ancient Greek method of numerology, similar to gematria.
The predictive or statistical study of elections.
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
pyelograph
pythogenic
pythogenic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth.
renography
renography
noun
imaging of the kidney
tenography
tenography
noun
The diagnostic imaging of tendons.
trophogeny
typhogenic
typhogenic
adj
causing typhus
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.
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.
zenography
zenography
noun
The study of the planet Jupiter.
zygosphene
zygosphene
noun
(anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa called the zygantrum on the back part of the arch in front
zygosphere
zygosphere
noun
(botany) A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.