EIDOGRAPH | • eidograph n. An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of pantograph. • EIDOGRAPH n. an instrument for copying drawings. |
EPIGRAPHS | • epigraphs n. Plural of epigraph. • EPIGRAPH n. an inscription; a motto or quotation. |
EPIGRAPHY | • epigraphy n. Inscriptions collectively. • epigraphy n. The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones. • EPIGRAPHY n. the study of ancient inscriptions; inscriptions collectively. |
EPIPHRAGM | • epiphragm n. (Zoology) A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation. • epiphragm n. (Botany) The dilated apex of the columella in urn mosses. • EPIPHRAGM n. the disc with which certain molluscs close the aperture of their shell. |
GRAPHEMIC | • graphemic adj. Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study. • graphemic adj. Being or that is a grapheme; being or that is an irreducibly meaningful unit of written language. • GRAPHEMIC adj. of or like a grapheme, a letter of the alphabet. |
GRAPHITES | • graphites n. Plural of graphite. • GRAPHITE n. a soft variety of carbon. |
HAMPERING | • hampering v. Present participle of hamper. • hampering n. That which hampers; an impediment. • HAMPER v. to hinder, obstruct. |
IDEOGRAPH | • ideograph n. An ideogram. • IDEOGRAPH n. a symbol in picture-writing representing the idea of a thing. |
PAUGHTIER | • PAUGHTY adj. (Scots) haughty. |
PHREAKING | • phreaking n. The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g. trying to get free calls or to discover special… • phreaking v. Present participle of phreak. • PHREAKING n. making illegal phone-calls. |
PREACHING | • preaching v. Present participle of preach. • preaching n. The act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction. • PREACHING adj. advocating urgently. |
RESHAPING | • reshaping v. Present participle of reshape. • reshaping n. The process by which something is reshaped. • RESHAPING n. the act of shaping again. |
SERIGRAPH | • serigraph n. A silkscreen print made by serigraphy. • serigraph n. An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk. • SERIGRAPH n. a silkscreen print. |
TEPHIGRAM | • tephigram n. (Meteorology) A graph that shows how dew point is dependent on temperature and entropy. • TEPHIGRAM n. a diagram on which information about vertical variation in the atmosphere is plotted. |
THREAPING | • threaping v. Present participle of threap. • THREAP v. (Scots) to dispute, also THREEP. |