Words that rhyme with heliograph

• allograph 0
  n 1: a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme 2: a signature written by one person for another
• autograph 0
  n 1: something written by one's own hand 2: a person's own signature [syn: autograph, John Hancock] v 1: mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book" [syn: autograph, inscribe]
• autoradiograph 0
  n 1: a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed
• barograph 0
  n 1: a recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure
• behalf 0
  n 1: as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client"; 2: for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
• calf 0
  n 1: young of domestic cattle 2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: calf, sura] 3: fine leather from the skin of a calf [syn: calf, calfskin] 4: young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
• carafe 0
  n 1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: carafe, decanter]
• cardiograph 0
  n 1: medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart [syn: cardiograph, electrocardiograph] 2: a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles [syn: ballistocardiograph, cardiograph]
• chaff 0
  n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 2: foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]
• choreograph 0
  v 1: compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music" 2: plan and oversee the development and details of; "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed"
• chronograph 0
  n 1: an accurate timer for recording time
• electrocardiograph 0
  n 1: medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart [syn: cardiograph, electrocardiograph]
• electroencephalograph 0
  n 1: medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain
• epigraph 0
  n 1: a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing 2: an engraved inscription
• gaff 0
  n 1: a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock 2: a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail 3: an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
• gaffe 0
  n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]
• giraffe 0
  n 1: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa [syn: giraffe, camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis]
• graph 0
  n 1: a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes [syn: graph, graphical record] v 1: represent by means of a graph; "chart the data" [syn: graph, chart] 2: plot upon a graph
• half 0
  adv 1: partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes" adj 1: consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour" 2: partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job" 3: (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister" [ant: whole] n 1: one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half" [syn: one-half, half] 2: one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
• hectograph 0
  n 1: duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy [syn: hectograph, heliotype] v 1: copy on a duplicator; "hectograph the hand-outs"
• holograph 0
  n 1: handwritten book or document [syn: manuscript, holograph] 2: the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography [syn: hologram, holograph]
• homograph 0
  n 1: two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
• ideograph 0
  n 1: a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms" [syn: ideogram, ideograph]
• kymograph 0
  n 1: scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) [syn: kymograph, cymograph]
• laugh 0
  n 1: the sound of laughing [syn: laugh, laughter] 2: a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision" 3: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape] v 1: produce laughter [syn: laugh, express joy, express mirth] [ant: cry, weep]
• lithograph 0
  n 1: a print produced by lithography 2: duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern [syn: lithograph, lithograph machine] v 1: make by lithography
• magnetograph 0
  n 1: a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field)
• mimeograph 0
  n 1: a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) [syn: mimeograph, mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph] v 1: print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus" [syn: mimeograph, mimeo]
• monograph 0
  n 1: a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject
• pantograph 0
  n 1: mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale
• paragraph 0
  n 1: one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line v 1: divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed" 2: write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper" 3: write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
• phonograph 0
  n 1: machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically [syn: record player, phonograph]
• photograph 0
  n 1: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light- sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic] v 1: record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" [syn: photograph, snap, shoot] 2: undergo being photographed in a certain way; "Children photograph well"
• photomicrograph 0
  n 1: a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
• pictograph 0
  n 1: a graphic character used in picture writing
• polygraph 0
  n 1: a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
• radiograph 0
  n 1: a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) [syn: radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram]
• seismograph 0
  n 1: a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
• serigraph 0
  n 1: a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil [syn: silkscreen, silk screen print, serigraph]
• shadowgraph 0
  n 1: a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) [syn: radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram]
• spectrograph 0
  n 1: a spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed 2: a photographic record of a spectrum [syn: spectrogram, spectrograph]
• staff 0
  n 1: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" 2: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" 3: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" [syn: staff, faculty] 4: building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration 5: a rod carried as a symbol 6: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written [syn: staff, stave] v 1: provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed" 2: serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"
• stenograph 0
  n 1: a shorthand character 2: a machine for typewriting shorthand characters v 1: write in shorthand; "The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation"
• tachograph 0
  n 1: a tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle
• telegraph 0
  n 1: apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) [syn: telegraph, telegraphy] v 1: send cables, wires, or telegrams [syn: cable, telegraph, wire]
• thermograph 0
  n 1: medical instrument that uses an infrared camera to reveal temperature variations on the surface of the body 2: a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time [syn: thermograph, thermometrograph]
• tomograph 0
  n 1: X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements
• viewgraph 0
  n 1: a transparency for use with an overhead projector [syn: viewgraph, overhead]
• spirograph 0
  n 1: a measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements
• raf 0
  n 1: the airforce of Great Britain [syn: Royal Air Force, RAF] 2: a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998 [syn: Red Army Faction, RAF]
• staph 0
  n 1: spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections [syn: staphylococcus, staphylococci, staph]
• nomograph 0
  n 1: a graphic representation of numerical relations [syn: nomogram, nomograph]
• digraph 0
  n 1: two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') [syn: digraph, digram]
• oscillograph 0
  n 1: a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents
• anemograph 0
• chromatograph 0
• chromolithograph 0
• cinematograph 0
• coronagraph 0
• cyclograph 0
• encephalograph 0
• micrograph 0
• microphotograph 0
• oleograph 0
• psychograph 0
• stereograph 0
• xylograph 0
• zincograph 0
• braff 0
• echograph 0
• hodograph 0
• pseudograph 0
• sphygmograph 0
• stevengraph 0
• stylograph 0
• gyrograph 0
• hierograph 0
• xerograph 0
• meteorograph 0

See also heliograph definition