| electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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| encephalograph | (noun) Any apparatus used to produce an encephalogram by recording electric currents generated by the brain. | - |
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| encephalography | (noun) roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram | - |
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| entrapment | (noun) a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials | - |
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| eoraptor | (noun) a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor | - |
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| epigraph | (noun) an engraved inscription | - |
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| (noun) a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | - |
| epigraphy | (noun) the study of ancient inscriptions | - |
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| ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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| ethnography | (noun) the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies | Synonyms: descriptive anthropology |
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| extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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| (noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
| firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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| fluorapatite | (noun) a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine | - |
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| flytrap | (noun) a trap for catching flies | - |
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| frappe | (noun) a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) | Synonyms: ice |
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| (noun) thick milkshake containing ice cream | - |
| (noun) liqueur poured over shaved ice | - |
| geographer | (noun) an expert on geography | - |
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| geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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| geography | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geographics |
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| glyptography | (noun) carving or engraving (especially on stones) | - |
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| (noun) carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) | Synonyms: glyptic art |
| grape | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grapeshot |
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| (noun) any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters | - |
| (noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape vine, grapevine |
| grapefruit | (noun) large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half | - |
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| (noun) citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp | Synonyms: Citrus paradisi |
| grapeshot | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grape |
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| grapevine | (noun) gossip spread by spoken communication | Synonyms: pipeline, word of mouth |
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| (noun) any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries | Synonyms: grape, grape vine |
| graph | (noun) a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes | Synonyms: graphical record, graphical recording |
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| (noun) a visual display of information | Synonyms: chart |
| (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
| grapheme | (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, graph, graphic symbol |
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| graphic | (noun) an image that is generated by a computer | Synonyms: computer graphic |
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| graphics | (noun) the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book | - |
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| (noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, artwork, nontextual matter |
| graphite | (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, plumbago |
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| graphologist | (noun) a specialist in inferring character from handwriting | Synonyms: handwriting expert |
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| graphology | (noun) the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) | - |
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| graphospasm | (noun) muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil | Synonyms: writer's cramp |
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| grapnel | (noun) a light anchor for small boats | Synonyms: grapnel anchor |
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| (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron |
| grappa | (noun) Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing | - |
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| grapple | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling |
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| (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron |
| (noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: clamshell |
| grappler | (noun) a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope | Synonyms: grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron |
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| (noun) combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground | Synonyms: matman, wrestler |
| grappling | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling |
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| (noun) the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | Synonyms: rassling, wrestling |
| hagiographer | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographist, hagiologist |
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| hagiographist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiologist |
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| hagiography | (noun) a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) | - |
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| hectograph | (noun) duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy | Synonyms: heliotype |
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| heliograph | (noun) an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on | - |
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| heliotherapy | (noun) therapeutic exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: insolation |
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| historiographer | (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | Synonyms: historian |
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| historiography | (noun) the writing of history | - |
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| (noun) a body of historical literature | - |
| hollygrape | (noun) ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries | Synonyms: holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium, mountain grape, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape |
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| holograph | (noun) the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography | Synonyms: hologram |
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| (noun) handwritten book or document | Synonyms: manuscript |
| holography | (noun) the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image | - |
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| homograph | (noun) two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) | - |
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| hydrography | (noun) the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation | - |
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| hydrotherapy | (noun) the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: hydropathy |
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| hymnography | (noun) (music) the craft of hymn composition. | - |
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| hypnotherapy | (noun) the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy | - |
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| hypsography | (noun) measurement of the elevation of land above sea level | Synonyms: hypsometry |
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| (noun) the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level) | - |
| iconography | (noun) the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject | - |
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| ideograph | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideogram |
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| ideography | (noun) the use of ideograms in writing | - |
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| immunotherapy | (noun) therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system | - |
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| iontotherapy | (noun) therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues | Synonyms: electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis |
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| jockstrap | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, supporter, suspensor |
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| kymograph | (noun) scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) | Synonyms: cymograph |
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| lexicographer | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicologist |
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| lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries | - |
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| linendraper | (noun) a retail dealer in yard goods | - |
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| lithograph | (noun) duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern | Synonyms: lithograph machine |
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| (noun) a print produced by lithography | - |
| lithographer | (noun) a printmaker who uses lithography | - |
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| lithography | (noun) the act of making a lithographic print | - |
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| (noun) a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface | - |
| logagraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, anorthography |
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| logograph | (noun) a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation | Synonyms: logogram |
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| lymphangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram | Synonyms: lymphography |
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| lymphography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram | Synonyms: lymphangiography |
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| magnetograph | (noun) a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field) | - |
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| mammography | (noun) a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays | - |
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| mammothermography | (noun) the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots) | - |
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| maniraptor | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropod; regarded as surviving today as living birds | - |
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| mantrap | (noun) a trap for catching trespassers | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| micrograph | (noun) a graphic reproduction (as a photograph) of the image of an object formed by a microscope. | - |
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| mimeograph | (noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) | Synonyms: mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph |
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| monograph | (noun) a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject | - |
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| mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | Synonyms: trap play |
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| (noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
| myelography | (noun) roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space) | - |
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| naprapath | (noun) a therapist who practices naprapathy | - |
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| naprapathy | (noun) a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues | - |
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| nevirapine | (noun) a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV | Synonyms: Viramune |
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| nomograph | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomogram |
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| oceanographer | (noun) a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas | - |
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| oceanography | (noun) the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans | Synonyms: oceanology |
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| oleography | (noun) the art or process of producing chromolithographs printed on cloth to imitate an oil painting. | - |
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| orograph | (noun) A machine for use in making topographical maps. | - |
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| orography | (noun) the science of mountains | Synonyms: orology |
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| orthography | (noun) a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols | Synonyms: writing system |
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| oscillograph | (noun) a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents | - |
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| overappraisal | (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation |
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| oviraptorid | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropods, characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in several cases, elaborate crests | - |
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| palaeoethnography | (noun) the ethnography of paleolithic humans | Synonyms: paleoethnography |
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| palaeogeography | (noun) the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs | Synonyms: paleogeography |
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| paleoethnography | (noun) the ethnography of paleolithic humans | Synonyms: palaeoethnography |
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| paleogeography | (noun) the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs | Synonyms: palaeogeography |
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| paleographer | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographist |
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| paleographist | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographer |
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| paleography | (noun) the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them) | - |
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| pantograph | (noun) mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale | - |
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