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Words endin with logy's

1)An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler 2) aerology - That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere 3) aetiology (n). - The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things. 4) algology n. - The study or science of algae or seaweeds 5) Definition of amphibology n. - A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term 6) Definition of angelology n. - A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. 2 7) anthology n. - A discourse on flowers 8) anthropology n. - The science of the structure and functions of the human body 9) anthropology n. - The science of the structure and functions of the human body 9) apiology n. - The scientific or systematic study of honey bees 10) archaeology n. - The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts 11) astrology n. - In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects 12) balneology n. - A treatise on baths; the science of bathing 13) bryology n. - That part of botany which relates to mosses 14) campanology n. - The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art 15) cetology n. - The description or natural history of cetaceous animals 16) climatology n. - The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. 17) conchology n. - The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology. 18) cosmology n. - The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature 19) craniology n. - The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls

20) criminology n. - A treatise on crime or the criminal population. cryptology n. - Secret or enigmatical language dactylology n. - The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb demonology n. - A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. dendrology n. - A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees deontology n. - The science relat/ to duty or moral obligation dermatology n. - The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases. dialectology n. - That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. doxology n. - In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation ecclesiology n. - The science or theory of church building and decoration electrology n. - That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties embryology n. - The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage. entomology n. - That part of zoology which treats of insects. 2 n. - A treatise on the science of entomology epistemology n. - The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge eschatology n. - The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected ethnology n. - The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them. tiology n. - The science of causes. Same as /tiology etymology n. - That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning. eulogy n. - A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth genealogy n. - An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree

graphology n. - The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting. 2 - The system or notation used in dealing with graphs. gynecology n. - The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. hagiology n. - The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. hematology n. - The science which treats of the blood. herpetology n. - The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits. herpetology n. - The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits histology n. - That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology homology n. - The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons. 2 n. - Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure horology n. - The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc hydrology n. - The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface. hydrometeorology n. - That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc hymnology n. - The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology. 2 n. - A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns iconology n. - The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images lexicology n. - The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words lichenology n. - The science which treats of lichens lithology n. - The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature. 2 n. - A treatise on stones found in the body liturgiology n. - The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies

logy a. - Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy horse malacology n. - The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks mammalogy n. - The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. martyrology n. - A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs menology n. - A register of months meteorology n. - The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms methodology n. - The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method metrology n. - The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject microbiology n. - The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria mineralogy n. - The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them. 2 n. - A treatise or book on this science. misology n. - Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment monology n. - The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation morphology n. - That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology mycology n. - That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi myology n. - That part of anatomy which treats of muscle mythology n. - The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths neology n. - The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology nephrology n. - A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions. neurology n. - The branch of science which treats of the nervous system nomology n. - The science of law; legislation nosology n. - A systematic arrangement, or classification, of disease

oceanology n. - That branch of science which relates to the ocean oecology n. - The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world oenology n. - Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical ology n. - A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge onomatology n. - The science of names or of their classification ontology n. - That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being oology n. - The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number ophthalmology n. - The science which treats of the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye orismology n. - That departament of natural history which treats of technical term ornithology n. - That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification. 2 n. - A treatise or book on this science. orology n. - The science or description of mountains osteology n. - The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton. otology n. - The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases paleontology n. - The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life paleozoology n. - The Paleozoic time or strata pathology n. - The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease penology n. - The science or art of punishment pharmacology n. - Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines. 2 n. - A treatise on the art of preparing medicines phenology n. - The science of the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena, as the migrations and breeding of birds, the flowering and fruiting of plants, etc phenomenology n. - A description, history, or explanation of phenomena hilology n. - Criticism; grammatical learning. 2

n. - The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science. 2 n. - A treatise on the science of language.
phlebology n. - A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins phonology n. - The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds phraseology n. - Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style. 2 n. - A collection of phrases; a phrase book phrenology n. - The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain. 2 n. - In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology phycology n. - The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology. phytopathology n. - The science of diseases to which plants are liable pneumatology n. - The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, n. - The science of spiritual being or phenomena of any description pomology n. - The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees posology n. - The science or doctrine of doses; dosology pteridology n. - That department of botany which treats of ferns pyrology n. - That branch of physical science which treats of the properties, phenomena, or effects of heat; also, a treatise on heat. seismology n. - The science of earthquakes selenology n. - That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon semasiology n. - The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words semiology n. - The science or art of signs. n. - The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology. n. - The art of using signs in signaling sinology n. - That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, sitology n. - A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetic sociology n. - That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science. somatology

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The science which treats of anatomy and physiology, apart from psychology. 2 The consideration of the physical characters of races and classes of men and of mankind in general. 2 The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics. 2 A treatise on the human body; anatomy.

soteriology n. - A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health. 2 n. - The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ symptomatology n. - The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology. teleology n. - The doctrine of the final causes of things 2 n. - the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose. teratology n. - That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals. 2 n. - Affectation of sublimity; bombas tetralogy n. - A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival thanatology n. - A description, or the doctrine, of death theology n. - The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life ocology n. - The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition topology n. - The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place toxicology n. - The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science. typology n. - A discourse or treatise on types. 2 n. - The doctrine of types vulcanology n. - The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, zoology n. - That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct. 2 n. - A treatise on this science zymology n. - A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation