| hagiography | (noun) a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) | - |
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| healthy | (adjective) having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease | - |
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| (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodish, goodly, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy |
| (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded, sound |
| (adjective) financially secure and functioning well | - |
| (adjective) promoting health; healthful | Synonyms: good for you, salubrious |
| hemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: haemoglobinopathy |
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| hierarchy | (noun) a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | - |
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| (noun) the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | Synonyms: pecking order, power structure |
| historiography | (noun) the writing of history | - |
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| (noun) a body of historical literature | - |
| 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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| homeopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated | Synonyms: homoeopathy |
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| homoeopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated | Synonyms: homeopathy |
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| homomorphy | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphism |
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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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| hydropathy | (noun) the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: hydrotherapy |
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| hymnography | (noun) (music) the craft of hymn composition. | - |
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| hypertrophy | (noun) abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ | - |
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| (verb) undergo hypertrophy | - |
| 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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| ideography | (noun) the use of ideograms in writing | - |
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| idiopathy | (noun) any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause | Synonyms: idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder |
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| isomorphy | (noun) (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure | Synonyms: isomorphism |
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| itchy | (adjective) causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch | - |
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| (adjective) nervous and unable to relax | Synonyms: antsy, fidgety, fretful, restless |
| kitschy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| lengthy | (adjective) relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | Synonyms: drawn-out, extended, prolonged, protracted |
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| lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries | - |
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| lipochondrodystrophy | (noun) hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation | Synonyms: dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome |
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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 | - |
| logomachy | (noun) argument about words or the meaning of words | - |
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| lymphadenopathy | (noun) chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease) | - |
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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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| 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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| marshy | (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
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| mastopathy | (noun) any pathology of the breast | Synonyms: mazopathy |
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| matriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | Synonyms: matriarchate |
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| mazopathy | (noun) any pathology of the breast | Synonyms: mastopathy |
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| mesomorphy | (noun) muscular and big-boned | Synonyms: athletic type |
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| monarchy | (noun) an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | - |
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| mononeuropathy | (noun) any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk | - |
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| mothy | (adjective) infested with moths | - |
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| (adjective) worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths | Synonyms: moth-eaten |
| murphy | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, potato, spud, tater, white potato |
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| mushy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| (adjective) having the consistency of mush | - |
| 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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| myocardiopathy | (noun) a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium) | Synonyms: cardiomyopathy |
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| myopathy | (noun) any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction | - |
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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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| naturopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process | - |
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| naumachy | (noun) a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans | Synonyms: naumachia |
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| nephropathy | (noun) a disease affecting the kidneys | Synonyms: kidney disease, nephrosis, renal disorder |
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| neuropathy | (noun) any pathology of the peripheral nerves | - |
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| newsworthy | (adjective) sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper | - |
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| noteworthy | (adjective) worthy of attention | Synonyms: notable, remarkable |
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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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| oligarchy | (noun) a political system governed by a few people | - |
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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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| osteodystrophy | (noun) defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism | - |
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| osteopathy | (noun) therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles | - |
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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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| paleography | (noun) the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them) | - |
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| patchy | (adjective) irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc. | - |
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| patriarchy | (noun) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | Synonyms: patriarchate |
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| paunchy | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: abdominous, potbellied |
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| peachy | (adjective) of something resembling a peach in color | Synonyms: peachy-colored, peachy-coloured |
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| (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, slap-up, smashing, swell |
| philosophy | (noun) the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | - |
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| (noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | Synonyms: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought |
| (noun) any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation | - |
| photography | (noun) the act of taking and printing photographs | Synonyms: picture taking |
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| (noun) the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies | - |
| (noun) the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces | - |
| photolithography | (noun) a planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image | - |
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| phototelegraphy | (noun) an early technology for the transmission of facsimiles. | - |
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| physiography | (noun) the study of physical features of the earth's surface | Synonyms: physical geography |
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| pitchy | (adjective) of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal | Synonyms: coal-black, jet-black, jet, sooty |
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| (adjective) having the characteristics of pitch or tar | Synonyms: resinous, resiny, tarry |
| pithy | (adjective) concise and full of meaning | Synonyms: sententious |
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| planography | (noun) the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent) | Synonyms: planographic printing |
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| plushy | (adjective) (of textures) resembling plush | Synonyms: plush-like |
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| (adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion | Synonyms: lavish, lucullan, plush |
| polarography | (noun) an electrochemical method of chemical analysis | - |
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| pornography | (noun) creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | Synonyms: erotica, porn, porno, smut |
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| praiseworthy | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: applaudable, commendable, laudable |
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| preachy | (adjective) inclined to or marked by tedious moralization | - |
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| psychomachy | (noun) a conflict of the soul (as with the body or between good and evil). | - |
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| psychopathy | (noun) any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention | Synonyms: mental disease, mental illness |
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| pushy | (adjective) marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative | Synonyms: pushful |
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| pyelography | (noun) roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye) | - |
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| pyrography | (noun) the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame | - |
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| radiography | (noun) photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light | - |
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| (noun) the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light | Synonyms: skiagraphy |
| radiophotography | (noun) transmission of photographs by radio waves | - |
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| radiotelegraphy | (noun) the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) | Synonyms: radiotelegraph, wireless telegraph, wireless telegraphy |
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| (noun) telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelegraph, wireless telegraphy |
| raunchy | (adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy |
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| (adjective) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | Synonyms: lewd, obscene, salacious |
| (adjective) earthy and sexually explicit | - |
| retinopathy | (noun) a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision | - |
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| rhinopathy | (noun) any disease or malformation of the nose | - |
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| roentgenography | (noun) radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram | Synonyms: X-ray photography |
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| rophy | (noun) street names for flunitrazepam | Synonyms: circle, forget me drug, Mexican valium, R-2, roach, roofy, rope |
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| rubbishy | (adjective) cheap and inferior; of no value | Synonyms: trashy |
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| rushy | (adjective) abounding in rushes | - |
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| scratchy | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough |
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| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy |
| (adjective) lacking consistency | Synonyms: spotty, uneven |
| (adjective) causing abrasion | Synonyms: abrasive |
| screechy | (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | Synonyms: screaky, squeaking, squeaky, squealing |
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| seaworthy | (adjective) fit for a sea voyage | - |
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| seismography | (noun) the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes | - |
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| serigraphy | (noun) the act of making a print by the silkscreen method | - |
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| shy | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: diffident, timid, unsure |
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| (adjective) short | - |
| (adjective) wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things | - |
| (noun) a quick throw | - |
| (verb) throw quickly | - |
| (verb) start suddenly, as from fright | - |