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  • hypnograph — an instrument that measures activities of the human body during sleep.
  • hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
  • hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
  • iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
  • lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
  • macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
  • monographs — Plural form of monograph.
  • monography — A monograph.
  • morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
  • nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
  • nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
  • naturopath — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
  • necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
  • necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
  • neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
  • noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
  • nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
  • nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
  • north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
  • nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
  • oropharynx — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
  • orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
  • orphanhood — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
  • orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
  • orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
  • pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
  • paraphonia — a disorder of the voice, usually caused by disease
  • paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
  • parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
  • paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
  • parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
  • patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  • peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
  • phone card — calling card (def 3).
  • phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
  • phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
  • planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
  • prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
  • protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
  • punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
  • radiophone — a radiotelephone.
  • renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
  • rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
  • rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
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