| aleph | (noun) the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| allelomorph | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allele |
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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 | - |
| allomorph | (noun) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme | - |
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| (noun) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | - |
| anaglyph | (noun) anything carved in low relief | - |
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| (noun) moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed | - |
| anemograph | (noun) An instrument which records wind velocities. | - |
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| atmoradiograph | (noun) a device which measures the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics. | - |
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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 |
| autoradiograph | (noun) a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed | - |
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| autotroph | (noun) plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances | Synonyms: autophyte, autophytic plant, autotrophic organism |
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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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| bathyscaph | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscape, bathyscaphe |
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| bolograph | (noun) record or recording made by a bolometer | Synonyms: bologram |
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| bumph | (noun) reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring | Synonyms: bumf |
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| caliph | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah |
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| calligraph | (verb) write beautifully and ornamentally | - |
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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 |
| cenotaph | (noun) a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | Synonyms: empty tomb |
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| chemoautotroph | (noun) An organism that depends on chemicals for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon. | Synonyms: chemotrophic autotroph |
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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 | - |
| chromatograph | (noun) equipment that enables a sophisticated separation, e.g. gas chromatographic or liquid chromatographic separation. | - |
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| chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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| chronograph | (noun) an accurate timer for recording time | - |
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| cryptograph | (noun) a device for deciphering codes and ciphers | - |
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| (noun) a piece of writing in code or cipher | Synonyms: cryptogram, secret writing |
| (noun) a secret method of writing | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, secret code |
| cymograph | (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: kymograph |
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| diaglyph | (noun) glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) | Synonyms: intaglio |
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| digraph | (noun) two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') | Synonyms: digram |
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| echocardiograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities | - |
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| echoencephalograph | (noun) a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities | - |
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| echograph | (noun) An instrument used to record an echogram. | - |
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| ectomorph | (noun) a person with a thin body | - |
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| electrocardiograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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| electroencephalograph | (noun) medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain | - |
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| electrograph | (noun) electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures | - |
| electromyograph | (noun) a medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles | - |
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| enantiomorph | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomer |
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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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| endolymph | (noun) the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
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| endomorph | (noun) a heavy person with a soft and rounded body | - |
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| epigraph | (noun) an engraved inscription | - |
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| (noun) a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | - |
| epitaph | (noun) an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there | - |
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| (noun) a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person | - |
| galumph | (verb) move around heavily and clumsily | - |
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| glyph | (noun) glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | - |
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| 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 |
| (verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: chart |
| (verb) plot upon a graph | - |
| gynandromorph | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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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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| (verb) copy on a duplicator | - |
| 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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| (verb) signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays | - |
| heterotroph | (noun) an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | - |
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| hieroglyph | (noun) a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
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| (noun) writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
| 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 |
| homograph | (noun) two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) | - |
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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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| kaliph | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah |
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| kaph | (noun) the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| karyolymph | (noun) a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed | - |
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| kph | (noun) the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours) | Synonyms: kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, km/h |
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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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| lagomorph | (noun) relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing | Synonyms: gnawing mammal |
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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 | - |
| (verb) make by lithography | - |
| logograph | (noun) a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation | Synonyms: logogram |
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| lymph | (noun) a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels | - |
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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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| mesomorph | (noun) a person with a well-developed muscular body | - |
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| 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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| (verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph | Synonyms: mimeo |
| monograph | (noun) a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject | - |
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| morosoph | (noun) a learned fool | - |
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| morph | (verb) change shape as via computer animation | - |
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| (verb) cause to change shape in a computer animation | - |
| mph | (noun) a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel | Synonyms: miles per hour |
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| (noun) the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours) | Synonyms: miles per hour |
| nomograph | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomogram |
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| nymph | (noun) a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) | - |
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| (noun) (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden | - |
| (noun) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | Synonyms: houri |
| oomph | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, pizzaz, pizzazz, zing |
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| (noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirability, desirableness, sex appeal |
| orograph | (noun) A machine for use in making topographical maps. | - |
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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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| pantograph | (noun) mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale | - |
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| parabolograph | (noun) An outdated instrument for drawing parabolas. | - |
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| paragraph | (noun) one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line | - |
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| (verb) write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | - |
| (verb) write about in a paragraph | - |
| (verb) divide into paragraphs, as of text | - |
| paraph | (noun) a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery) | - |
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| perilymph | (noun) the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
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| petroglyph | (noun) a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people) | - |
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| phonograph | (noun) machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically | Synonyms: record player |
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| photograph | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photo, pic, picture |
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| (verb) record on photographic film | Synonyms: shoot, snap |
| (verb) undergo being photographed in a certain way | - |
| photoheliograph | (noun) a telescope, with a camera attached, used to photograph the Sun. | - |
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| photolithograph | (noun) a lithograph produced by photographically produced plates | - |
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| photomicrograph | (noun) a photograph taken with the help of a microscope | - |
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| phototelegraph | (noun) an apparatus for transmitting pictures by phototelegraphy. | - |
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| pictograph | (noun) a graphic character used in picture writing | - |
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| plethysmograph | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains) | - |
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| polygraph | (noun) a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration) | - |
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| polymorph | (noun) an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites | - |
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| pyrograph | (noun) a design produced by pyrography | - |
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| qoph | (noun) the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| radiograph | (noun) a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) | Synonyms: radiogram, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph |
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| radiophotograph | (noun) a photograph transmitted by radio waves | Synonyms: radiophoto |
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| radiotelegraph | (noun) the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) | Synonyms: radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraph, wireless telegraphy |
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| (noun) telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire | Synonyms: radiotelegraphy, wireless telegraphy |
| rhizomorph | (noun) a dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi | - |
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| scintigraph | (noun) The apparatus used to make a scintigram. | Synonyms: scintiscanner |
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| seismograph | (noun) a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake) | - |
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| seraph | (noun) an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child | - |
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