Usually means: Ancient Egyptian pictorial writing system.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word hieroglyphics:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hieroglyphics: Merriam-Webster
  2. hieroglyphics: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hieroglyphics: Vocabulary.com
  4. Hieroglyphics, hieroglyphics: Wordnik
  5. hieroglyphics: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Hieroglyphics, hieroglyphics: Wiktionary
  7. hieroglyphics: Dictionary.com
  8. hieroglyphics: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Hieroglyphics (band), Hieroglyphics (group), Hieroglyphics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hieroglyphics: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. hieroglyphics: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hieroglyphics: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hieroglyphics: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. hieroglyphics: Global Glossary
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hieroglyphics: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. HIEROGLYPHICS: Masonic Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  A miscapitalization of hieroglyphics, used as a proper noun because of the false assumption by many that hieroglyphics (i.e. Egyptian hieroglyphics) is itself a language.

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Hieroglyph, hieroglyphical, hieroglyphy, hieroglyphick, hierogram, symbolic language, pictography, pictographic, phonetic name, logography, more...

Opposite:
alphabet, script, writing system

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common symbols in hieroglyphics, common symbol in hieroglyphics, bird in hieroglyphics, more...

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egyptian, ancient, strange, mysterious, mayan, indian, mexican, chinese, maya, phonetic, curious

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Similar:
Hieroglyph, hieroglyphical, hieroglyphy, hieroglyphick, hierogram, symbolic language, pictography, pictographic, phonetic name, logography, more...

Opposite:
alphabet, script, writing system

Phrases:
common symbols in hieroglyphics, common symbol in hieroglyphics, bird in hieroglyphics, more...

Adjectives:
egyptian, ancient, strange, mysterious, mayan, indian, mexican, chinese, maya, phonetic, curious

Colors:
    sand,     gold,     stone,     ochre,     turquoise, more...



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