| 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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| allotropy | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropism |
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| anisotropy | (noun) the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions | - |
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| aromatherapy | (noun) the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage | - |
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| arthroscopy | (noun) a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision | - |
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| atopy | (noun) an allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact | Synonyms: atopic allergy, immediate allergy, type I allergic reaction |
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| autotypy | (noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment | Synonyms: autotype |
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| bumpy | (adjective) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements | Synonyms: jolting, jolty, jumpy, rocky, rough |
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| (adjective) covered with or full of bumps | - |
| campy | (adjective) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities | Synonyms: camp |
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| canopy | (noun) a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather | - |
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| (noun) the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air | - |
| (noun) the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit | - |
| (verb) cover with a canopy | - |
| celioscopy | (noun) endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall | - |
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| cheiloscopy | (noun) a forensic investigation technique that deals with identification of humans based on lip traces. | - |
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| chemotherapy | (noun) the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) | - |
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| chirpy | (adjective) (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness | Synonyms: buoyant, perky |
| choppy | (adjective) rough with small waves | - |
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| (adjective) marked by abrupt transitions | Synonyms: jerky |
| chrysotherapy | (noun) the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis) | - |
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| colonoscopy | (noun) visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation | - |
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| copy | (noun) a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing | - |
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| (noun) a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) | Synonyms: transcript |
| (noun) matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials | Synonyms: written matter |
| (noun) material suitable for a journalistic account | - |
| (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: imitate, simulate |
| (verb) make a replica of | Synonyms: re-create, recreate |
| (verb) reproduce or make an exact copy of | Synonyms: replicate |
| (verb) copy down as is | - |
| counterspy | (noun) a spy who works against enemy espionage | Synonyms: mole |
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| crappy | (adjective) very bad | Synonyms: icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky |
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| creepy | (adjective) causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin | Synonyms: creepy-crawly |
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| (adjective) annoying and unpleasant | - |
| crispy | (adjective) tender and brittle | Synonyms: crisp |
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| croupy | (adjective) resembling or arising from or indicating croup | - |
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| culdoscopy | (noun) endoscopic examination of a woman's pelvic organs by the insertion of a culdoscope through the vagina | - |
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| dopy | (adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: anserine, dopey, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
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| drippy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| (adjective) leaking in drops | - |
| (adjective) wet with light rain | Synonyms: drizzly |
| droopy | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: drooping, sagging |
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| dumpy | (adjective) resembling a garbage dump | - |
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| (adjective) short and plump | Synonyms: podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby |
| (adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy |
| electrotherapy | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism |
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| endoscopy | (noun) visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope | - |
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| enthalpy | (noun) (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure | Synonyms: H, heat content, total heat |
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| entropy | (noun) (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work | Synonyms: randomness, S |
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| (noun) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome | Synonyms: information, selective information |
| espy | (verb) catch sight of | Synonyms: descry, spot, spy |
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| extropy | (noun) the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe | - |
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| fetoscopy | (noun) prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood | Synonyms: foetoscopy |
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| flappy | (adjective) having a tendency to flap | - |
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| floppy | (adjective) hanging limply | - |
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| (noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | Synonyms: diskette, floppy disk |
| fluoroscopy | (noun) examination of body structures using a fluoroscope | - |
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| foetoscopy | (noun) prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood | Synonyms: fetoscopy |
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| frumpy | (adjective) primly out of date | Synonyms: dowdy, frumpish |
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| gastroscopy | (noun) visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus | - |
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| gimpy | (adjective) disabled in the feet or legs | Synonyms: crippled, game, halt, halting, lame |
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| gonioscopy | (noun) an examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea; it is used to distinguish between open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma | - |
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| gossipy | (adjective) prone to friendly informal communication | Synonyms: chatty, newsy |
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| grapy | (adjective) having a taste like that of grapes | Synonyms: grapey |
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| grumpy | (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, ill-tempered |
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| guppy | (noun) small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums | Synonyms: Lebistes reticulatus, rainbow fish |
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| happy | (adjective) enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure | - |
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| (adjective) well expressed and to the point | Synonyms: well-chosen |
| (adjective) marked by good fortune | Synonyms: felicitous |
| (adjective) eagerly disposed to act or to be of service | Synonyms: glad |
| harpy | (noun) large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America | Synonyms: Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle |
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| (noun) any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes | Synonyms: harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat |
| (noun) a malicious woman with a fierce temper | Synonyms: hellcat, vixen |
| heliotherapy | (noun) therapeutic exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: insolation |
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| hippy | (noun) someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | Synonyms: flower child, hippie, hipster |
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| hoopy | (adjective) Neat, really together, knowing where one's towel is | - |
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| horoscopy | (noun) the drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes | - |
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| hushpuppy | (noun) deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) | Synonyms: hush puppy |
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| hydrotherapy | (noun) the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: hydropathy |
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| hypermetropy | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hyperopia, longsightedness |
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| hypnotherapy | (noun) the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy | - |
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| hysteroscopy | (noun) visual examination of the uterus and uterine lining using an endoscope inserted through the vagina | - |
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| immunotherapy | (noun) therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system | - |
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| iontotherapy | (noun) therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues | Synonyms: electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis |
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| isotropy | (noun) (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions | Synonyms: symmetry |
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| jalopy | (noun) a car that is old and unreliable | Synonyms: bus, heap |
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| jumpy | (adjective) causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements | Synonyms: bumpy, jolting, jolty, rocky, rough |
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| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight |
| kelpy | (noun) (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders | Synonyms: kelpie |
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| keratoscopy | (noun) examination of the cornea with a keratoscope to detect irregularities in its anterior surface | - |
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| laparoscopy | (noun) laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes) | - |
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| leppy | (noun) motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | Synonyms: dogie, dogy |
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| loopy | (adjective) consisting of or covered with or having loops | - |
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| (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
| lumpy | (adjective) having lumps; not smooth and even in texture | - |
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| (adjective) like or containing small sticky lumps | Synonyms: chunky |
| lycanthropy | (noun) (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf | - |
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| microcopy | (verb) photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size | - |
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| microscopy | (noun) research with the use of microscopes | - |
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| misanthropy | (noun) a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people | - |
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| (noun) hatred of mankind | - |
| nappy | (adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls | Synonyms: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky |
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| (noun) garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement | Synonyms: diaper, napkin |
| nippy | (adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating | Synonyms: crisp, frosty, nipping, snappy |
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| (adjective) a sharp biting taste | - |
| occupy | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, engross |
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| (verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | Synonyms: invade |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: take, use up |
| (verb) keep busy with | Synonyms: busy |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, take |
| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, reside |
| (verb) occupy the whole of | Synonyms: fill |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, interest, worry |
| ophthalmoscopy | (noun) examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope | - |
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| orthoepy | (noun) a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography | - |
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| (noun) the way a word or a language is customarily spoken | Synonyms: pronunciation |
| parthenocarpy | (noun) (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds | - |
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| peppy | (adjective) marked by lively action | Synonyms: bouncing, bouncy, spirited, zippy |
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| philanthropy | (noun) voluntary promotion of human welfare | Synonyms: philanthropic gift |
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| photocopy | (noun) a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work | - |
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| (verb) reproduce by xerography | Synonyms: run off, xerox |
| phototherapy | (noun) the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn | - |
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| physiotherapy | (noun) therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities | Synonyms: physiatrics, physical therapy |
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| phytotherapy | (noun) the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) | Synonyms: botanical medicine, herbal therapy |
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| poppy | (noun) annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers | - |
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| preoccupy | (verb) engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively | - |
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| (verb) occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance | - |
| proctoscopy | (noun) visual examination of the rectum and the end of the colon by means of a proctoscope | - |
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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 |
| pulpy | (adjective) like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness | Synonyms: squashy |
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| puppy | (noun) a young dog | - |
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| (noun) an inexperienced young person | Synonyms: pup |
| radioscopy | (noun) (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation | Synonyms: radiology |
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| radiotherapy | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy |
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| raspy | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, rough, scratchy |
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| recopy | (verb) copy again | - |
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| rhinoscopy | (noun) examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx) | - |
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| ropy | (adjective) of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong | Synonyms: ropey |
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| (adjective) (British informal) very poor in quality | Synonyms: ropey |
| (adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads | Synonyms: ropey, stringy, thready |
| sappy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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| (adjective) abounding in sap | - |
| scrappy | (adjective) full of fighting spirit | - |
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| scrimpy | (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagerly, meagre, stingy |
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