| actinotherapy | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy |
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| adoxography | (noun) fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects | - |
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| agoraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) | - |
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| agoraphobic | (adjective) suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places | - |
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| agrapha | (noun) sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels | - |
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| agraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: anorthography, logagraphia |
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| agraphic | (adjective) relating to or having agraphia | - |
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| agraphon | (noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. | - |
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| allograph | (noun) a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme | - |
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| (noun) a signature written by one person for another | - |
| allographic | (adjective) of or relating to an allograph | - |
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| anemograph | (noun) An instrument which records wind velocities. | - |
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| anemographic | (adjective) pertaining to the recording of wind measurements | - |
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| anemography | (noun) recording anemometrical measurements | - |
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| angiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram | - |
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| anorthography | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, logagraphia |
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| aromatherapy | (noun) the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage | - |
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| arteriography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of arteries | - |
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| arthrography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram | - |
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| astraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
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| atmoradiograph | (noun) a device which measures the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics. | - |
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| autobiographer | (noun) someone who writes their own biography | - |
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| autobiographic | (adjective) relating to or in the style of an autobiography | Synonyms: autobiographical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer | Synonyms: autobiographical |
| autobiographical | (adjective) relating to or in the style of an autobiography | Synonyms: autobiographic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer | Synonyms: autobiographic |
| autobiography | (noun) a biography of yourself | - |
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| autograph | (noun) something written by one's own hand | - |
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| (noun) a person's own signature | Synonyms: John Hancock |
| (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: inscribe |
| autographed | (adjective) bearing an autograph | - |
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| autographic | (adjective) written in the author's own handwriting | - |
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| autoradiograph | (noun) a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed | - |
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| autoradiographic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by autoradiography | - |
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| autoradiography | (noun) producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed | - |
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| ballistocardiograph | (noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| barograph | (noun) a recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure | - |
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| barographic | (adjective) relating to or registered by a barograph | - |
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| bibliographer | (noun) someone trained in compiling bibliographies | - |
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| bibliographic | (adjective) relating to or dealing with bibliography | Synonyms: bibliographical |
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| bibliographical | (adjective) relating to or dealing with bibliography | Synonyms: bibliographic |
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| bibliography | (noun) a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) | - |
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| biogeographic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved with biogeography | Synonyms: biogeographical |
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| biogeographical | (adjective) of or relating to or involved with biogeography | Synonyms: biogeographic |
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| biogeography | (noun) dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants | - |
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| biographer | (noun) someone who writes an account of a person's life | - |
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| biographic | (adjective) of or relating to or being biography | Synonyms: biographical |
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| biographical | (adjective) of or relating to or being biography | Synonyms: biographic |
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| biographism | (noun) reduction of textual meaning to authorial biography. | - |
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| biography | (noun) an account of the series of events making up a person's life | Synonyms: life, life history, life story |
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| bolograph | (noun) record or recording made by a bolometer | Synonyms: bologram |
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| bolographic | (adjective) of or relating to a bolograph | - |
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| bootstrap | (noun) a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on | - |
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| (verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |
| cacography | (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: scratch, scrawl, scribble |
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| calligraph | (verb) write beautifully and ornamentally | - |
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| calligrapher | (noun) someone skilled in penmanship | Synonyms: calligraphist |
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| calligraphic | (adjective) of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy | Synonyms: calligraphical |
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| calligraphical | (adjective) of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy | Synonyms: calligraphic |
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| calligraphist | (noun) someone skilled in penmanship | Synonyms: calligrapher |
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| calligraphy | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: chirography, penmanship |
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| carapace | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: cuticle, shell, shield |
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| cardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: electrocardiograph |
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| (noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles | Synonyms: ballistocardiograph |
| cardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to a cardiograph | - |
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| cardiography | (noun) diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) | Synonyms: electrocardiography |
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| cartographer | (noun) a person who makes maps | Synonyms: map maker |
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| cartographic | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographical |
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| cartographical | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographic |
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| cartography | (noun) the making of maps and charts | Synonyms: mapmaking |
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| cerography | (noun) the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping. | - |
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| chemotherapeutic | (adjective) of or relating to chemotherapy | Synonyms: chemotherapeutical |
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| chemotherapeutical | (adjective) of or relating to chemotherapy | Synonyms: chemotherapeutic |
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| chemotherapy | (noun) the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) | - |
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| chirography | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: calligraphy, penmanship |
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| cholangiography | (noun) roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected | - |
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| choreograph | (verb) plan and oversee the development and details of | - |
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| (verb) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | - |
| choreographer | (noun) someone who creates new dances | - |
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| choreographic | (adjective) of or concerned with choreography | - |
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| choreography | (noun) a show involving artistic dancing | Synonyms: stage dancing |
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| (noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes | - |
| (noun) a notation used by choreographers | - |
| chromatograph | (noun) equipment that enables a sophisticated separation, e.g. gas chromatographic or liquid chromatographic separation. | - |
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| chromatographic | (adjective) of or relating to chromatography | Synonyms: chromatographical |
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| chromatographical | (adjective) of or relating to chromatography | Synonyms: chromatographic |
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| chromatographically | (adverb) by means of a chromatographic process | - |
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| chromatography | (noun) a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | - |
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| chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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| chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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| chronograph | (noun) an accurate timer for recording time | - |
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| chrysotherapy | (noun) the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis) | - |
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| cinematographer | (noun) a photographer who operates a movie camera | Synonyms: camera operator, cameraman |
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| cinematography | (noun) the act of making a film | Synonyms: filming, motion-picture photography |
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| claptrap | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, fustian, rant |
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| contraption | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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| contrapuntal | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: polyphonic |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint | - |
| contrapuntist | (noun) a composer who specializes in counterpoint | - |
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| cosmographer | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographist |
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| cosmographist | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographer |
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| cosmography | (noun) a representation of the earth or the heavens | - |
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| (noun) the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy) | - |
| crap | (noun) Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, shit |
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| (noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: dirt, poop, shit, shite, turd |
| (verb) have a bowel movement | Synonyms: ca-ca, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit |
| crapaud | (noun) large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog | Synonyms: Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog |
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| crape | (noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface | Synonyms: crepe |
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| (noun) small very thin pancake | Synonyms: crepe, French pancake |
| (verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up |
| (verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crepe |
| crapette | (noun) solitaire with two players using separate packs | Synonyms: Russian bank |
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| crapper | (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet |
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| crappie | (noun) small sunfishes of central United States rivers | - |
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| (noun) small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers | - |
| crappy | (adjective) very bad | Synonyms: icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky |
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| craps | (noun) a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice | - |
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| (noun) expressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot | Synonyms: snake eyes |
| crapshoot | (noun) playing craps | Synonyms: crap game, crap shooting |
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| (noun) a risky and uncertain venture | - |