| AEROPHAGY | • aerophagy n. (Medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria. • AEROPHAGY n. spasmodic swallowing of air. |
| AMPHIGORY | • amphigory n. A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. • AMPHIGORY n. a nonsensical piece of writing, usually in verse form, typically composed as a parody, also AMPHIGOURI. |
| BIOGRAPHY | • biography n. A person’s life story, especially one published. • biography n. The art of writing this kind of story. • biography v. (Transitive) To write a biography of. |
| COPYGRAPH | • copygraph n. (Dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a… • COPYGRAPH n. a process for copying type. |
| CREOPHAGY | • creophagy n. Alternative spelling of kreophagy. • CREOPHAGY n. the act of eating meat. |
| CYMOGRAPH | • cymograph n. An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture. • CYMOGRAPH n. an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings, also CYMAGRAPH. |
| GEOGRAPHY | • geography n. A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography. • geography n. (Archaic) an atlas or gazetteer. • geography n. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them. |
| KYMOGRAPH | • kymograph n. A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure… • KYMOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording fluid pressure. |
| MYOGRAPHS | • myographs n. Plural of myograph. • MYOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording muscular contractions. |
| MYOGRAPHY | • myography n. The scientific description of muscles. • MYOGRAPHY n. the recording of muscle traces by use of a myograph. |
| OROGRAPHY | • orography n. (Geomorphology) the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains. • orography n. The orographic features of a region. • OROGRAPHY n. the branch of physical geography which deals with the formation and features of mountains, also OREOGRAPHY. |
| POLYGRAPH | • polygraph n. A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate… • polygraph n. (Dated) A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs. • polygraph n. (Archaic) A collection of different works, either by one or several authors. |
| TYPOGRAPH | • typograph n. (Printing, historical) A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them. • typograph v. To prepare type in such a machine. • TYPOGRAPH v. to produce stamps by letterpress. |
| UROGRAPHY | • urography n. Radiography of the urinary tract. • UROGRAPHY n. radiological examination of the urinary tract. |
| XEROPHAGY | • xerophagy n. A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline. • XEROPHAGY n. the eating of dry food, esp. food cooked without oil. |
| XYLOGRAPH | • xylograph n. An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.). • xylograph n. A print taken from such an engraving. • xylograph v. (Transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood. |
| ZOOGRAPHY | • zoography n. A description of animals, their forms, and habits; descriptive zoology. • zoögraphy n. Alternative spelling of zoography. • ZOOGRAPHY n. the painting or description of animals. |