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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



870 words match “OLOGY”

ODONTOLOGY n.
The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.
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.
ONOLOGY n.
Foolish discourse. [R.]
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; OOELOGY n.
The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number.
OPHIOLOGY n.
That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.
OPHTHALMOLOGY n.
The science which treats of the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye.
ORCHIDOLOGY n.
The branch of botany which treats of orchids.
ORGANOLOGY n. 2 definitions
rgan of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. De Quincey.
ORISMOLOGY n.
That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.
ORNITHICHNOLOGY n.
The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites. Hitchcock.
ORNITHOLOGY n. 2 definitions
That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
OROLOGY n.
The science or description of mountains.
ORTHOLOGY n.
The right description of things. [R.] Fotherby.
ORYCTOLOGY n. 2 definitions
An old name for paleontology.
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.
OUROLOGY n.
See Urology.
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