9-letter words containing aph
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- haphazard — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- haphtarah — Haftarah.
- hodograph — the figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.
- holograph — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- homograph — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- integraph — integrator (def 2).
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- logograph — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphyte — a multicellular plant.
- monograph — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- naphthene — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- nomograph — a graph, usually containing three parallel scales graduated for different variables so that when a straight line connects values of any two, the related value may be read directly from the third at the point intersected by the line.
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- 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.
- paragraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- pea aphid — a large green aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, that is a pest of peas, clovers, alfalfa, and similar plants and occurs throughout North America.
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- 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.
- pyrograph — an object ornamented by pyrography.
- ramaphosa — (Matamela) Cyril. born 1952, South African statesman and trade unionist; secretary general of the ANC (1991–97); deputy president of South Africa from 2014
- rotograph — a photograph, esp of a manuscript or book, which is printed white on black
- sapheaded — silly; foolish.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- scaphopod — any mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, comprising the tooth shells.
- scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.