hieroglyphics

hieroglyphics [ˌhaɪərəˈglɪfɪks]

n (functioning as singular or plural)

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a form of writing, esp as used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent objects, concepts, or sounds

2. difficult or undecipherable writing

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hieroglyphics [ˌhaɪərəˈglɪfɪks] npl → geroglifici mpl

hieroglyphics

n pl hieroglyphics [haiərəˈglifiks]

a form of writing used eg in ancient Egypt, in which pictures represent words and sounds. beeldskrif, hiërogliewe الكتابة الهيروغليفيَّه йероглифи hieroglyfy hieroglyffer die Hieroglyphen ιερογλυφικά jeroglífico hieroglüüfkiri علم حروف تصويري hieroglyfit hiéroglyphe(s) כְּתָב חַרטוּמִים चित्रलिपि से संबंधित hijeroglifi hieroglifikus írás tulisan paku myndletur geroglifici 象形文字 상형 문자 문서 hieroglifai hieroglifs hiroglif hieroglyfen hieroglyfskrift, hieroglyfer hieroglify hieróglifos hieroglife иероглифика hieroglyfy hieroglif hijeroglif hieroglyfer เกี่ยวกับอักษรอียิปต์โบราณ hiyeroglif, resim yazı 象形文字 ієрогліфіка ہیروغلیفی تحریر những chữ viết tượng hình 象形文字

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cartouche Champollion Copán Curiologic curiologics curiology glyph hieratic Hieratic character hieratic script hieroglyph hieroglyphic Hieroglyphic Luvian hieroglyphical Hieroglyphist hieroglyphology Hierogrammatist iconomaticism Jean Francois Champollion	Alexey Alexandrovitch ordered tea to be brought to the study, and playing with the massive paper-knife, he moved to his easy chair, near which there had been placed ready for him a lamp and the French work on Egyptian hieroglyphics that he had begun. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context By my retentive memory of the hieroglyphics upon one Sperm Whale in particular, I was much struck with a plate representing the old Indian characters chiselled on the famous hieroglyphic palisades on the banks of the Upper Mississippi. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context Even his cuff-buttons were engraved with hieroglyphics, and he was more inscribed than an Egyptian obelisk. My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context	hierarch Hierarchal hierarchic hierarchical hierarchical classification system hierarchical data structure hierarchical menu hierarchical structure hierarchically hierarchism hierarchize hierarchy hieratic Hieratic character hieratic script hieratical hieraticism hiero- hierocracy hierodule hieroglyph hieroglyphic Hieroglyphic Luvian hieroglyphical Hieroglyphically hieroglyphics Hieroglyphist hieroglyphology hierogram Hierogrammatic Hierogrammatist Hierographic hierography hierolatry Hierologic Hierologist hierology hieromancy hieromania Hieromartyr Hieromnemon Hieron Hieronymite Hieronymus Hieronymus Bosch hierophant Hierophantic hierophobia Hieroscopy Hierotheca Hierourgy	Hieroglif Hieroglific Hieroglific Hieroglifics Hieroglifics Hieroglifs Hieroglifs Hierogliphics Hierogliphics Hierogliphs Hierogliphs hieroglyph hieroglyph hieroglyph hieroglyph hieroglyphic hieroglyphic hieroglyphic hieroglyphic Hieroglyphic Luvian Hieroglyphic Luvian Hieroglyphic Luwian hieroglyphical hieroglyphical hieroglyphical hieroglyphical hieroglyphically hieroglyphically hieroglyphically hieroglyphically hieroglyphics Hieroglyphist Hieroglyphology Hieroglyphs Hieroglyphs Hieroglyphs, Theory of Hieroglypics Hieroglypics Hierogram Hierogrammatic Hierogrammatist hierograms hierograph Hierographic Hierographology hierographs Hierography hierolatry hierolisthesis Hierologic Hierological hierologies Hierologist hierology Hierology (text) Hierology (texts) Hierology (textual criticism)

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cartouche
Champollion
Copán
Curiologic
curiologics
curiology
glyph
hieratic
Hieratic character
hieratic script
hieroglyph
hieroglyphic
Hieroglyphic Luvian
hieroglyphical
Hieroglyphist
hieroglyphology
Hierogrammatist
iconomaticism
Jean Francois Champollion

Alexey Alexandrovitch ordered tea to be brought to the study, and playing with the massive paper-knife, he moved to his easy chair, near which there had been placed ready for him a lamp and the French work on Egyptian hieroglyphics that he had begun.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

By my retentive memory of the hieroglyphics upon one Sperm Whale in particular, I was much struck with a plate representing the old Indian characters chiselled on the famous hieroglyphic palisades on the banks of the Upper Mississippi.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

Even his cuff-buttons were engraved with hieroglyphics, and he was more inscribed than an Egyptian obelisk.

My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context

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