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hieroglyph

noun

/ˈhaɪərəˌɡlɪf/

Meaning

A picture or symbol used in ancient writing systems, especially Egyptian writing.

The walls of the temple were covered in hieroglyphs.

symbol, character, pictograph, ideogram

alphabet, letter

Egyptian hieroglyph, ancient hieroglyph, decipher hieroglyph

a formal speech delivered with rhetorical or dramatic effect

the scientific study of trees and woody plants

the ability to do something that frightens one; strength in the face of pain or grief

The angular distance north or south of the equator; also freedom or scope to act.

starchy foodstuff obtained from the pith of various tropical palm stems

Teasing or contemptuous language or behavior directed at someone or something.