12-letter words that end in hy
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- phlebography — venography.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- polarography — Chemistry. the use of a Polarograph to perform qualitative or quantitative analyses.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- zoogeography — the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.