| CHRESTOMATHY | • chrestomathy n. A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language. • chrestomathy n. A collection of choice passages from an author or authors. • CHRESTOMATHY n. a selection of passages compiled as an aid to learning a language; a volume of selected passages or stories of an author. |
| CHRISTOPHANY | • Christophany n. An appearance of Christ, as for example to his disciples after the crucifixion. • CHRISTOPHANY n. an appearance of Christ to men. |
| GLYPHOGRAPHS | • glyphographs n. Plural of glyphograph. • GLYPHOGRAPH n. a plate formed by glyphography. |
| HYDROPATHICS | • hydropathics n. Plural of hydropathic. • HYDROPATHIC n. a hotel (with special baths, etc., and often situated near a spa) where guests can have hydropathic treatment. |
| HYDROPATHIES | • hydropathies n. Plural of hydropathy. • HYDROPATHY n. the study of treating diseases with water. |
| HYDROPATHIST | • hydropathist n. An expert in hydropathy. • HYDROPATHIST n. one who treats with hydropathy. |
| HYDROPHANOUS | • hydrophanous adj. (Mineralogy) Made transparent by immersion in water. • HYDROPHANOUS adj. becoming transparent when placed in water. |
| HYDROPHOBIAS | • hydrophobias n. Plural of hydrophobia. • HYDROPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of water, as in rabies victims. |
| HYGROCHASIES | • HYGROCHASY n. dehiscence on moistening. |
| HYGROCHASTIC | • HYGROCHASTIC adj. showing hygrochasy, dehiscence on moistening. |
| HYPOTHERMIAS | • hypothermias n. Plural of hypothermia. • HYPOTHERMIA n. subnormal temperature of the body. |
| HYPSOGRAPHIC | • hypsographic adj. (Sciences) Of or relating to hypsography (measuring altitude or depth versus area). • HYPSOGRAPHIC adj. relating to hypsography, the branch of geography dealing with the measurement and mapping of heights above sea level, also HYPSOGRAPHICAL. |
| ICHTHYOSAURI | • ichthyosauri n. Plural of ichthyosaur. • ICHTHYOSAURUS n. a large fossil marine reptile, also ICHTHYOSAUR, ICHTHYOSAURIAN. |
| ICHTHYOSAURS | • ichthyosaurs n. Plural of ichthyosaur. • ICHTHYOSAUR n. a large fossil marine reptile, also ICHTHYOSAURIAN, ICHTHYOSAURUS. |
| PHYSIOGRAPHY | • physiography n. (Geography) The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It… • physiography n. The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretical part. • PHYSIOGRAPHY n. physical geography. |
| PSYCHOGRAPHS | • psychographs n. Plural of psychograph. • psychographs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of psychograph. • PSYCHOGRAPH n. a photographic image attributed to a supernatural or spiritualistic cause. |
| PSYCHOGRAPHY | • psychography n. (Spiritualism) The act of a spirit possessing one’s physical body in order to write something. • psychography n. A description of the psyche. • PSYCHOGRAPHY n. the production of images attributed to supernatural causes. |
| SHADOWGRAPHY | • shadowgraphy n. The creation of shadowgraph images. • shadowgraphy n. The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form… • SHADOWGRAPHY n. the making of images by shadowgraph. |
| SPHYGMOGRAPH | • sphygmograph n. A mechanical device used to measure blood pressure and pulse. • SPHYGMOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording the pulse. |
| SYNCHROFLASH | • synchroflash n. (Photography, chiefly attributive) synchronization of the flash and shutter of a camera. • SYNCHROFLASH n. a mechanism which synchronizes the opening of a camera shutter with the peak of brilliance of a flash bulb. |