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Petroglyphic :: Petroglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to petroglyphy.

Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a s

Egyptology :: Egyptology (n.) The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics..

Diaglyphic :: Diaglyphic (a.) Alt. of Diaglyphti.

Glyphographic :: Glyphographic (a.) Of or pertaining to glyphography.

Triglyphic :: Triglyphic (a.) Alt. of Triglyphica.

Diaglyphtic :: Diaglyphtic (a.) Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic..

Frieze :: Frieze (n.) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture..

Hemiglyph :: Hemiglyph (n.) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.

Galvanoglyphy :: Galvanoglyphy (n.) Same as Glyphography.

Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk..

Pictograph :: Pictograph (n.) A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.

Phytoglyphy :: Phytoglyphy (n.) See Nature printing, under Nature..

Diglyph :: Diglyph (n.) A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it..

Photoglyphy :: Photoglyphy (n.) Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic.

Anaglyph :: Anaglyph (n.) Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo..

Lithoglyph :: Lithoglyph (n.) An engraving on a gem.

Hieroglyph :: Hieroglyph (a.) Alt. of Hieroglyphi.

Letterwood :: Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks..

Ro-setta Stone :: Ro-setta stone () A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt..

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