| ECTYPOGRAPHY | • ectypography n. A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief. • ECTYPOGRAPHY n. etching in relief. |
| HYETOGRAPHY | • hyetography n. The science that deals with the geographical distribution of rain. • HYETOGRAPHY n. the study of rainfall distribution. |
| HYGROPHYTE | • hygrophyte n. (Biology) Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground. • HYGROPHYTE n. a plant adapted to a plentiful water-supply. |
| HYGROPHYTES | • hygrophytes n. Plural of hygrophyte. • HYGROPHYTE n. a plant adapted to a plentiful water-supply. |
| HYPERGOLICALLY | • hypergolically adv. In a hypergolic way. • HYPERGOLIC adv. igniting on contact, applied e.g. to rocket fuel which ignites spontaneously on contact with an oxidizing agent. |
| HYPERTROPHYING | • hypertrophying v. Present participle of hypertrophy. • HYPERTROPHY v. to grow to abnormal size. |
| HYPOPHARYNGES | • hypopharynges n. Plural of hypopharynx. • HYPOPHARYNX n. an appendage or thickened fold on the floor of the mouth of many insects that resembles a tongue. |
| MYELOGRAPHY | • myelography n. (Medicine) A type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the… • MYELOGRAPHY n. the taking of myelograms. |
| NEUROHYPNOLOGY | • neurohypnology n. (Obsolete) hypnotism. • NEUROHYPNOLOGY n. an old name for the science of hypnotism, also NEURYPNOLOGY. |
| NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | • neurophysiology n. (Physiology, neuroscience) The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system. • NEUROPHYSIOLOGY n. the physiology of the nervous system. |
| NEUROPSYCHOLOGY | • neuropsychology n. A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes. • neuropsychology n. The facts uncovered thereby, or the body of knowledge thus produced. • NEUROPSYCHOLOGY n. the study of the relation between brain and behaviour. |
| PETROGLYPHY | • petroglyphy n. The art or process of carving figures or inscriptions on stone. • PETROGLYPHY n. the art of carving on rocks. |
| PHYTOGEOGRAPHY | • phytogeography n. (Biology) The science that studies the geographical distribution of plants; geobotany. • PHYTOGEOGRAPHY n. the geography of plant distribution. |
| PLETHYSMOGRAPHY | • plethysmography n. (Medicine) The diagnostic use of a plethysmograph. • PLETHYSMOGRAPHY n. measurement by use of a plethysmograph, an instrument for measuring change in body part size due to blood flow. |
| PSYCHOSURGERY | • psychosurgery n. (Surgery) Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness. • PSYCHOSURGERY n. cerebral surgery employed in treating psychic symptoms. |
| PTERYLOGRAPHY | • pterylography n. (Zoology) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds. • PTERYLOGRAPHY n. a description of pterylae. |
| PYELOGRAPHY | • pyelography n. (Medicine) radiography of the kidney, ureter and bladder following injection of a radiopaque substance. • PYELOGRAPHY n. the use of pyelograms, X-ray pictures of the renal pelvis. |