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autobiography
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n 1: a biography of yourself
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bibliography
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n 1: a list of writings with time and place of publication (such
as the writings of a single author or the works referred to
in preparing a document etc.)
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biography
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n 1: an account of the series of events making up a person's
life [syn: biography, life, life story, life
history]
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choreography
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n 1: a show involving artistic dancing [syn: stage dancing,
choreography]
2: the representation of dancing by symbols as music is
represented by notes
3: a notation used by choreographers
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chromatography
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n 1: a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of
differences in absorbency
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cinematography
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n 1: the act of making a film [syn: filming, cinematography,
motion-picture photography]
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crystallography
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n 1: the branch of science that studies the formation and
structure of crystals
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demography
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n 1: the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of
human populations [syn: demography, human ecology]
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discography
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n 1: a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
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geography
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n 1: study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses
to topography and climate and soil and vegetation [syn:
geography, geographics]
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hagiography
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n 1: a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person
(especially a person who is a saint)
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historiography
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n 1: a body of historical literature
2: the writing of history
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iconography
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n 1: the images and symbolic representations that are
traditionally associated with a person or a subject;
"religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of
a despot"
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lithography
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n 1: a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone
surface
2: the act of making a lithographic print
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mammography
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n 1: a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use
of X rays
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oceanography
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n 1: the branch of science dealing with physical and biological
aspects of the oceans [syn: oceanography, oceanology]
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orthography
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n 1: a method of representing the sounds of a language by
written or printed symbols [syn: orthography, writing
system]
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photography
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n 1: the act of taking and printing photographs [syn:
photography, picture taking]
2: the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive
surfaces
3: the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making
movies
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pornography
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n 1: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no
literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual
desire [syn: pornography, porno, porn, erotica,
smut]
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radiography
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n 1: the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a
radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible
light [syn: radiography, skiagraphy]
2: photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible
light
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topography
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n 1: the configuration of a surface and the relations among its
man-made and natural features
2: precise detailed study of the surface features of a region
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typography
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n 1: the craft of composing type and printing from it
2: art and technique of printing with movable type [syn:
typography, composition]
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xerography
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n 1: forming an image by the action of light on a specially
coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with
powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas;
"edge enhancement is intrinsic in xerography"
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polarography
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n 1: an electrochemical method of chemical analysis
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physiography
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n 1: the study of physical features of the earth's surface [syn:
physical geography, physiography]
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autography
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xylography
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zincography
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zoogeography
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zoography
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