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Look up: skia-

  1. Skia
    `Skia` is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Apple Computer in 1993. `Skia` is Greek for `shadow,`and the letterforms take inspiration from first century B.C. Greek writing. The typeface was the first QuickDraw GX font, featured in System 7.5 and higher, including Mac OS X. It is the only font Apple has shipped with their OS which makes use of TrueType variable axes (a feature akin to Adobe's `multiple master` technolog...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skia

  2. skia-
    Shadow; superseded by radio-. ... Origin: G. Skia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  3. skia-
    Shadow; superseded by radio-. [G. skia]
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  4. Skiadas
    `Skiadas` is a small mountain village in the Preveza Prefecture in the north-western Greece (500 meters above the sea level). It is currently under the management of the Louros municipality. It is built upon the mountain Baldenezi. Skiadas took that name because according to the Greek mythology the Greek God of the dead, Hades, would sometimes come out of his underworld (which its supposed entrance is only a few miles away from Skiadas at the ne...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiadas

  5. skiagram
    skiagram An outline of the shadow of an object filled in with black; a picture painted or produced in this style.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  6. Skiagraph
    A skiagraph is a photograph taken by means of X-rays.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  7. Skiagraph
    Ski'a·graph noun Ski*ag'ra*phy noun , etc. See Sciagraph , Sciagraphy , etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/113

  8. Skiagraph
    • (n.) Alt. of Skiagraphy
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. skiagraph
    skiagraph: see X ray.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09188

  10. skiagraphia
    (from the article `painting, Western`) There were certainly revolutionary changes in monumental painting technique. The Athenian painter Apollodorus introduced skiagraphia (literally ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/105

  11. skiagraphy
    the making of X-ray photographic records Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. Skiagraphy
    • (n.) See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. skiamachy
    sciamachy, skiamachy, sciomachy 1. A sham fight for exercise or practice. 2. The action of 'fighting with a shadow'; 'shadow boxing'.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. Skiantos
    `Skiantos` is a comedy punk band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 1975. They have released ten studio albums, two live albums and five compilation albums. They have participated in the Gods of Demential festival on January 12, 2007.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiantos

  15. skiaphobia
    skiaphobia An excessive fear of shadows.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  16. Skiascope
    • (n.) Alt. of Sciascope
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. skiascope
    retinoscope, skiascope 1. An optical device used to illuminate a subject's retina during retinoscopy. 2. An apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  18. Skiascope, Sciascope
    Ski'a·scope, Sci'a·scope noun [ Greek ... a shadow + -scope .] (Medicine) A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lights and shadows. -- Ski*as'co*py , Ski*as'co*py noun
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/113

  19. skiascopy
    Synonym for retinoscopy ... <physiology> The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope. ... Origin: Retina + -scopy. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  20. skiascopy
    retinoscopy, skiascopy 1. The study of the retina of the eye by using an ophthalmoscope. 2. Medical examination and analysis of the refractive properties of the eye.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  21. Skiathlon
    `Skiathlon` is a cross-country skiing disclipline in which one half of the race is run using classic technique and the other half using skating technique. The time required to change skis is not deducted from the overall time. It is also referred to as `pursuit`, or `double pursuit`. Not to be confused with biathlon. Category:Cross-country skiing
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiathlon

  22. Skiathos
    Skiathos is a small island in the Grecian Archipelago, off the south-east coast of Thessaly, north of Euboea.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  23. Skiathos
    `Skiathos` , Latin forms: `Sciathos` and `Sciathus` is a small island in the Aegean Sea belonging to Greece. Near Skopelos, it consists of the main town (Skiathos (town)) and the communities of Koukounaries, Kanapitsa, Vromolimnos and Troullos. Skiathos is the westernmost island in the Sporades group of islands. The mainland of Greece along with Magnesia are to the west. The name of the island dates back to ancient times. The island of Skiathos ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiathos

  24. Skiathos Island National Airport
    `Skiathos Island National Airport` is an airport in Skiathos, Greece. It has one of the smallest runways in Europe measuring up at 3/4 of a mile with the largest aircraft being able to land being the Boeing 757-200. Many aircraft landings on Skiathos can be an experience as they undertake a hard landing to stop quicker.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiathos_Is

  25. Skiatook
    Skiatook is a town partly in Tulsa County and partly in Osage County Oklahoma, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php


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