-graphy

The English suffix -graphy means a "field of study" or related to "writing" a book, and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek.

Arts

Cartography – the art and field of making maps.
Choreography – the art of creating and arranging dances or ballets.
Cinematography – the art of making lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema.
Collagraphy - In printmaking, a fine art technique in which collage materials are used as ink-carrying imagery on a printing plate.
Iconography – the art of interpreting the content by icons.
Klecksography – the art of making images from inkblots.
Lithography – planographic printing technique.
Photography – the art, practice or occupation of taking and printing photographs.
Photolithography – the method for microfabrication in electronics manufacturing.
Pornography – the practice, occupation and result of producing sexually arousing imagery or words.
Pyrography – the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks.
Serigraphy – printmaking technique that uses a stencil made of fine synthetic material through which ink is forced.
Tasseography – the art of reading tea leaves.
Thermography – thermal imaging.
Tomography – three-dimensional imaging.
Typography – the art and techniques of type design.
Videography – the art and techniques of filming video.
Vitreography – in printmaking, a fine art technique that uses glass printing matrices.
Xerography – the means of copying documents.

Writing

Cacography – bad handwriting or spelling.
Calligraphy – the art of fine handwriting.
Ideography – the use of symbols to represent a concept or idea.
Orthography – the rules of correct writing.
Palaeography – the study of historical handwriting.
Pictography – the use of pictographs.
Steganography – the art of writing hidden messages.
Stenography – the art of writing in shorthand.

Types of works

Bibliography – a list of writings, typically those used or considered by an author in preparing a particular work or research.
- Metabibliography – bibliography of bibliographies.
Biography – an account of a person's life.
- Autobiography – biography of a person written by themselves.
Discography – a list of recorded music, or other sound recordings/auditory media.
Filmography – a list of films, documentaries, or other visual media.
Ludography (or gameography) – a list of games, specifically video games.
Webography (or webliography or arachniography) – a list of websites, or URLs.

Fields of study

Areography – the geography of Mars (studies the physical features of the planet).
Cartography – the study and making of maps.
Cosmography – the study and making of maps of the universe or cosmos.
Cryptography – the study of securing information.
Crystallography – the study of crystals.
Demography – the study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.
Encephalography – recording of voltages from the brain.
Epigraphy – the study of written inscriptions on hard surfaces.
Ethnography – the study of cultures and cultural phenomena.
Floriography – the language of flowers.
Geography – study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth.
- Anthropogeography – study of human society's interactions and relationships with the environment.
- Orography – the study of mountains.
- Physiography – study of the processes and patterns in the Earth's environment.
Hagiography – the study of saints.
Historiography – study of the methods of historians
Holography – study and mapping of computer project imaged called Holograms for interactive and assisted computations.
Hydrography – measurement and description of any waters.
Monography – the study of a single specialized subject of the aspect of a subject.
Oceanography – exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena.
Orography – science and study of mountains.
Pathography – study of the history of an individual or community with regard to the influence of a physical or mental condition.
Radiography – use of X-rays to produce medical images.
Reprography – reproduction of graphics through mechanical or electrical means.
Selenography – the study and mapping of the physical features of the Moon.
Topography – the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those of planets, moons and asteroids.
Uranography – the study and mapping of stars and space objects.
Zoography – the study of animal description and their habits; descriptive zoology.

Medical

Mammography – an x-ray method used to examine the breast for detection of early-stage cancer and other diseases.
Venography – a test that uses a x-ray moving pictures of blood in the veins of the legs and pelvis.
Ultrasonography – a test that uses energy sound waves to observe tissues and organs.
Urography – an examination with an x-ray to evaluate the kidneys, ureters and bladder.

References

Black, Richard Harrison (1874). The student's manual complete; an etymological vocabulary of words derived from the Greek and Latin. Oxford University. pp. 10–12. Retrieved 2009-07-28. -graphy.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-28.