ANDROGYNOPHORE | • androgynophore n. (Botany) A stalk bearing both the androecium and the gynoecium of a flower above the level of insertion… • ANDROGYNOPHORE n. another name for the androphore, a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
BRACHYGRAPHIES | • brachygraphies n. Plural of brachygraphy. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
CRYPTOGRAPHERS | • cryptographers n. Plural of cryptographer. • CRYPTOGRAPHER n. a specialist in cryptography. |
CRYPTOGRAPHIES | • cryptographies n. Plural of cryptography. • CRYPTOGRAPHY n. secret writing. |
DACTYLOGRAPHER | • DACTYLOGRAPHER n. one who studies fingerprints. |
GLYPHOGRAPHERS | • glyphographers n. Plural of glyphographer. • GLYPHOGRAPHER n. one who practises glyphography. |
GLYPTOGRAPHERS | • glyptographers n. Plural of glyptographer. • GLYPTOGRAPHER n. one who practises glyptography, the art of engraving on gems. |
HYPERENERGETIC | • hyperenergetic adj. Extremely energetic. • HYPERENERGETIC adj. excessively energetic. |
HYPERGEOMETRIC | • hypergeometric adj. (Mathematics) Pertaining to mathematical entities of different kinds (Series, functions, equations… • hypergeometric n. (Mathematics) Such a function, series etc. • HYPERGEOMETRIC adj. of or relating to operations or series that transcend ordinary geometrical operations or series. |
HYPERTROPHYING | • hypertrophying v. Present participle of hypertrophy. • HYPERTROPHY v. to grow to abnormal size. |
ORTHOPTEROLOGY | • orthopterology n. The scientific study of the Orthoptera. • ORTHOPTEROLOGY n. the study of cockroaches. |
PAROEMIOGRAPHY | • PAROEMIOGRAPHY n. the study of proverbs. |
PHOTOGRAMMETRY | • photogrammetry n. The making of precise measurements from photographs. • photogrammetry n. The making of maps from photographs, especially from aerial surveying. • PHOTOGRAMMETRY n. the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and esp. aerial photographs (as in surveying). |
PHYSIOGRAPHERS | • physiographers n. Plural of physiographer. • PHYSIOGRAPHER n. one who practises physiography. |
PORPHYROGENITE | • porphyrogenite n. (Historical) an honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably… • PORPHYROGENITE n. a Byzantine emperor's son, born in the purple. |
PTERYLOGRAPHIC | • pterylographic adj. Relating to pterylography. • PTERYLOGRAPHIC adj. relating to pterylography. |
REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
RHYPAROGRAPHER | • rhyparographer n. (Historical, usually applied to the Ancient Greeks) A person who paints or writes about distasteful… • RHYPAROGRAPHER n. one who does genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects. |
RONTGENOGRAPHY | • RONTGENOGRAPHY n. photography by X-rays. |