| aphelion | (noun) apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun | - |
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| apheresis | (noun) a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | Synonyms: pheresis |
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| (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: aphaeresis |
| apheretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: aphaeretic |
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| aphesis | (noun) the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire' | - |
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| aphetic | (adjective) produced by aphesis | - |
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| autobiographer | (noun) someone who writes their own biography | - |
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| autographed | (adjective) bearing an autograph | - |
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| bathyscaphe | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscape, bathyscaph |
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| bibliographer | (noun) someone trained in compiling bibliographies | - |
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| biographer | (noun) someone who writes an account of a person's life | - |
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| calligrapher | (noun) someone skilled in penmanship | Synonyms: calligraphist |
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| cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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| choreographer | (noun) someone who creates new dances | - |
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| cinematographer | (noun) a photographer who operates a movie camera | Synonyms: camera operator, cameraman |
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| cosmographer | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographist |
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| cryptographer | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalyst, cryptologist |
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| crystallographer | (noun) a specialist in crystallography | - |
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| demographer | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographist, population scientist |
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| diapheromera | (noun) a variety of stick insect | Synonyms: Diapheromera femorata |
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| ethnographer | (noun) an anthropologist who does ethnography | - |
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| geographer | (noun) an expert on geography | - |
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| grapheme | (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, graph, graphic symbol |
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| hagiographer | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographist, hagiologist |
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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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| lexicographer | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicologist |
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| lithographer | (noun) a printmaker who uses lithography | - |
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| oceanographer | (noun) a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas | - |
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| paleographer | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographist |
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| paragrapher | (noun) a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper) | - |
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| paraphernalia | (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: appurtenance, gear |
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| photographer | (noun) someone who takes photographs professionally | Synonyms: lensman |
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| plasmapheresis | (noun) plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor | - |
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| pornographer | (noun) someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores | Synonyms: porn merchant |
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| pyrographer | (noun) an artist who practices pyrography | - |
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| radiographer | (noun) a person who makes radiographs | - |
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| raphe | (noun) a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | Synonyms: rhaphe |
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| rhaphe | (noun) a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | Synonyms: raphe |
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| saphead | (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: fool, muggins, sap, tomfool |
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| scrapheap | (noun) pile of discarded metal | - |
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| (noun) an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter | Synonyms: garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, trash pile |
| stenographer | (noun) someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) | Synonyms: amanuensis, shorthand typist |
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| taphephobia | (noun) a morbid fear of being buried alive | - |
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| telegrapher | (noun) someone who transmits messages by telegraph | Synonyms: telegraph operator, telegraphist |
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| telegraphese | (noun) language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams | - |
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| typographer | (noun) one who sets written material into type | Synonyms: compositor, setter, typesetter |
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