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Paleobotany.

The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.

The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, "The living, the living, he shall praise thee." Is. xxxviii. 19.

A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.

A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.

The use of paradoxes. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

False reasoning; paralogism.

The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. [R.]

A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

Pediatrics.

The science or art of punishment. [Written also poenology.]

Superfluity of words. [R.] G. Campbell.

See Petrology.

the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.

Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.

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. -- Phe`no*log"ic*al (#), a. -- Phe`no*log"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Phe*nol"o*gist (#), n.