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sphenography

sphenography noun: the art of writing or deciphering cuneiform characters.

Noun

sphenography (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The art of writing or deciphering cuneiform characters.

Origin of sphenography

From spheno- + -graphy.

Words formed from sphenography

Words that rhyme with sphenography

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sphenography

What does sphenography mean?
Sphenography means the art of writing or deciphering cuneiform characters.
What part of speech is sphenography?
Sphenography is a noun.

Words near sphenography in the dictionary

  1. sphenoethmoidal recesses
  2. sphenofrontal
  3. sphenogram
  4. sphenograms
  5. sphenographic
  6. sphenography
  7. sphenoid
  8. sphenoid bone
  9. sphenoid bones
  10. sphenoid sinus
  11. sphenoid sinuses

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