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Blue List 28
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| television | a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education. |
| graphic | relating to visual art, especially involving drawing, engraving, or lettering. |
| photocopier | a machine for making photocopies. |
| telegraph | a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection. |
| homophone | each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, e.g., new and knew. |
| phonograph | a record player. |
| photogenic | (especially of a person) looking attractive in photographs or on film. |
| xylophone | a musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more small wooden or plastic mallets. |
| phonics | a method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters in an alphabetic writing system. |
| telecast | a television broadcast. |
| graphite | a gray, crystalline, allotropic form of carbon that occurs as a mineral in some rocks and can be made from coke. It is used as a solid lubricant, in pencils, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors. |
| photosynthesis | the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. |
| photographer | a person who takes photographs, especially as a job. |
| telephoto | a lens with a longer focal length than standard, giving a narrow field of view and a magnified image. |
| choreography | the sequence of steps and movements in dance or figure skating, especially in a ballet or other staged dance. |
| calligraphy | decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering. |
| photograph | a picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally. |
| autograph | a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer. |
| headphone | a pair of earphones typically joined by a band placed over the head, for listening to audio signals such as music or speech. |
| paragraph | a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering. |
| telegram | a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form. |
| microphone | an instrument for converting sound waves into electrical energy variations, which may then be amplified, transmitted, or recorded. |
| telephone | a system that converts acoustic vibrations to electrical signals in order to transmit sound, typically voices, over a distance using wire or radio. |
| symphony | an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra |
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