| photolithography | (noun) a planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image | - |
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| photomechanical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing | - |
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| photomechanics | (noun) the technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing | - |
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| (noun) the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods | Synonyms: photoplate making |
| photometer | (noun) photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light | Synonyms: exposure meter, light meter |
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| (noun) measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source | - |
| photometric | (adjective) of or relating to photometry | Synonyms: photometrical |
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| photometrical | (adjective) of or relating to photometry | Synonyms: photometric |
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| photometrically | (adverb) by photometric means | - |
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| photometrician | (noun) someone who practices photometry | Synonyms: photometrist |
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| photometrist | (noun) someone who practices photometry | Synonyms: photometrician |
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| photometry | (noun) measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity) | - |
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| photomicrograph | (noun) a photograph taken with the help of a microscope | - |
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| photomontage | (noun) a montage that uses photographic images | - |
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| photomosaic | (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, mosaic |
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| photon | (noun) a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle | - |
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| photophobia | (noun) pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) | Synonyms: photalgia |
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| (noun) a morbid fear of light | - |
| photopigment | (noun) a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina | - |
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| photoretinitis | (noun) damage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection | - |
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| photosensitise | (verb) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light | Synonyms: photosensitize |
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| photosensitive | (adjective) sensitive to visible light | Synonyms: light-sensitive |
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| photosensitivity | (noun) sensitivity to the action of radiant energy | Synonyms: radiosensitivity |
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| photosensitize | (verb) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light | Synonyms: photosensitise |
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| photoshop | (verb) To digitally alter a photo | - |
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| photosphere | (noun) the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun) | - |
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| photostat | (noun) a photocopy made on a Photostat machine | - |
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| (verb) make a copy by means of a Photostat device | - |
| photosynthesis | (noun) synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) | - |
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| photosynthetic | (adjective) relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis | - |
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| phototelegraph | (noun) an apparatus for transmitting pictures by phototelegraphy. | - |
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| phototelegraphy | (noun) an early technology for the transmission of facsimiles. | - |
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| phototherapy | (noun) the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn | - |
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| phototropism | (noun) an orienting response to light | - |
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| photovoltaic | (adjective) producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light) | - |
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| potshot | (noun) a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter) | - |
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| (noun) criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration | - |
| psychotherapeutic | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy | - |
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| (adjective) emotionally purging | Synonyms: cathartic |
| psychotherapeutics | (noun) the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods | Synonyms: mental hygiene, psychotherapy |
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| psychotherapist | (noun) a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders | Synonyms: clinical psychologist |
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| psychotherapy | (noun) the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means | - |
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| (noun) the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods | Synonyms: mental hygiene, psychotherapeutics |
| psychotic | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from psychosis | - |
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| (noun) a person afflicted with psychosis | Synonyms: psycho, psychotic person |
| psychotropic | (adjective) affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes | Synonyms: psychoactive |
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| pyrrhotine | (noun) a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties | Synonyms: magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite |
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| pyrrhotite | (noun) a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties | Synonyms: magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotine |
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| radiophoto | (noun) a photograph transmitted by radio waves | Synonyms: radiophotograph |
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| radiophotograph | (noun) a photograph transmitted by radio waves | Synonyms: radiophoto |
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| radiophotography | (noun) transmission of photographs by radio waves | - |
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| scattershot | (adjective) covering a wide range in a haphazard way | - |
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| schottische | (noun) a German round dance resembling a slow polka | - |
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| (noun) music performed for dancing the schottische | - |
| screenshot | (verb) to capture an image from a computer's display | - |
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| selfshot | (adjective) (of a video) recorded by the performers | - |
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| shot | (adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | Synonyms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent |
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| (noun) the act of firing a projectile | Synonyms: shooting |
| (noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe | Synonyms: injection |
| (noun) informal words for any attempt or effort | Synonyms: stab |
| (noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | Synonyms: stroke |
| (noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination | Synonyms: blastoff |
| (noun) an attempt to score in a game | - |
| (noun) a blow hard enough to cause injury | - |
| (noun) throwing the basketball toward the hoop | Synonyms: basketball shot |
| (noun) a solid missile discharged from a firearm | Synonyms: pellet |
| (noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: snap, snapshot |
| (noun) an explosive charge used in blasting | - |
| (noun) sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put | - |
| (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guessing, guesswork |
| (noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, slam |
| (noun) a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film | Synonyms: scene |
| (noun) a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) | Synonyms: shooter |
| (noun) a small drink of liquor | Synonyms: nip |
| (noun) a chance to do something | Synonyms: crack |
| shote | (noun) a young pig | Synonyms: piggy, piglet, shoat |
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| shotgun | (noun) firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | Synonyms: scattergun |
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| slapshot | (noun) a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick | - |
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| slingshot | (noun) a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | Synonyms: catapult, sling |
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| snapshot | (noun) an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | Synonyms: shot, snap |
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| spectrophotometer | (noun) a photometer for comparing two light radiations wavelength by wavelength | - |
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| stereophotography | (noun) photography producing images that appear to have depth and solidness and that are created by using a special device (called a stereoscope) to look at two slightly different photographs of something at the same time. | Synonyms: stereo photography, stereoscopic photography |
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| tchotchke | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: chachka, tsatske, tshatshke |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke |
| tchotchkeleh | (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke |
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| telephoto | (noun) a photograph made with a telephoto lens | Synonyms: telephotograph |
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| telephotograph | (noun) a photograph made with a telephoto lens | Synonyms: telephoto |
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| (noun) a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance | - |
| telephotography | (noun) photography using a telephoto lens | - |
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| (noun) transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance | - |
| trichotillomania | (noun) an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair | - |
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| trichotomy | (noun) being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses | - |
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| trophotropic | (adjective) of or relating to trophotropism | - |
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| trophotropism | (noun) an orienting response to food | - |
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| undershot | (adjective) having a lower part projecting beyond the upper | Synonyms: underhung, underslung |
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| upshot | (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result |
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