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  • oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
  • omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
  • ondograph — an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
  • orography — the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
  • orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
  • orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
  • orthogamy — (botany) fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant.
  • outcharge — to charge more than
  • pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
  • pharyngo- — pharynx
  • phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
  • phonogram — a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.
  • photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
  • polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • ponograph — an instrument for graphically recording pain or muscular fatigue.
  • prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • pyrograph — an object ornamented by pyrography.
  • rotograph — a photograph, esp of a manuscript or book, which is printed white on black
  • roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
  • roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
  • shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
  • sonograph — an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.
  • tachogram — the record produced by the action of a tachometer.
  • tomograph — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
  • topograph — a type of x-ray photograph of land surfaces
  • typograph — a machine for creating indentations of characters upon a sheet of metal from which prints can be made
  • water hog — a person who uses water selfishly or irresponsibly, esp during a water shortage
  • xerograph — A photocopy produced by xerography.
  • xerophagy — a Lenten fast observed especially during Holy Week, constituting the strictest fast in the Eastern Church.
  • xylograph — An engraving in wood, especially one used for printing.
  • zoography — the branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals.
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