Words that rhyme with heliography

  • angiography
    n 1: roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram
  • autobiography
    n 1: a biography of yourself
  • autoradiography
    n 1: producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed
  • bibliography
    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.)
  • biography
    n 1: an account of the series of events making up a person's life [syn: biography, life, life story, life history]
  • cacography
    n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography]
  • cartography
    n 1: the making of maps and charts [syn: mapmaking, cartography]
  • choreography
    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
  • chromatography
    n 1: a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency
  • chromolithography
    n 1: single- or multi-color lithography
  • cinematography
    n 1: the act of making a film [syn: filming, cinematography, motion-picture photography]
  • cosmography
    n 1: the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy) 2: a representation of the earth or the heavens; "the cosmography of Ptolemy"
  • cryptography
    n 1: the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms [syn: cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology] 2: act of writing in code or cipher [syn: cryptography, coding, secret writing, steganography]
  • crystallography
    n 1: the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals
  • demography
    n 1: the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations [syn: demography, human ecology]
  • discography
    n 1: a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
  • electrocardiography
    n 1: diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) [syn: cardiography, electrocardiography]
  • ethnography
    n 1: the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies [syn: ethnography, descriptive anthropology]
  • glyptography
    n 1: carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) [syn: glyptic art, glyptography] 2: carving or engraving (especially on stones)
  • hagiography
    n 1: a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
  • historiography
    n 1: a body of historical literature 2: the writing of history
  • holography
    n 1: the branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image
  • hydrography
    n 1: the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation
  • hypsography
    n 1: the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level) 2: measurement of the elevation of land above sea level [syn: hypsometry, hypsography]
  • iconography
    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"
  • lexicography
    n 1: the act of writing dictionaries
  • lithography
    n 1: a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface 2: the act of making a lithographic print
  • mammography
    n 1: a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays
  • oceanography
    n 1: the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans [syn: oceanography, oceanology]
  • orthography
    n 1: a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols [syn: orthography, writing system]
  • photography
    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
  • photolithography
    n 1: a planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image
  • pornography
    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]
  • radiography
    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
  • seismography
    n 1: the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes
  • stenography
    n 1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy] 2: the act or art of writing in shorthand; "stenography is no longer a marketable skill"
  • telephotography
    n 1: transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance 2: photography using a telephoto lens
  • topography
    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
  • typography
    n 1: the craft of composing type and printing from it 2: art and technique of printing with movable type [syn: typography, composition]
  • xerography
    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"
  • polarography
    n 1: an electrochemical method of chemical analysis
  • orography
    n 1: the science of mountains [syn: orology, orography]
  • pyrography
    n 1: the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
  • chirography
    n 1: beautiful handwriting [syn: calligraphy, penmanship, chirography]
  • planography
    n 1: the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent) [syn: planographic printing, planography]
  • thermography
    n 1: diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors
  • tomography
    n 1: (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body [syn: imaging, tomography]
  • cardiography
    n 1: diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram) [syn: cardiography, electrocardiography]
  • paleography
    n 1: the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
  • physiography
    n 1: the study of physical features of the earth's surface [syn: physical geography, physiography]
  • autography
  • chorography
  • dittography
  • electroencephalography
  • flexography
  • haplography
  • ichnography
  • palaeography
  • petrography
  • photomicrography
  • pictography
  • xylography
  • zincography
  • zoogeography
  • zoography
  • filmography
  • lipography
  • mythography
  • nomography
  • nosography
  • phonography
  • phytography
  • osteography
  • selenography
  • uranography