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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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964 words match “LOGY”

ASTROMETEOROLOGY n.
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.
ASTROTHEOLOGY n.
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham.
ATHEOLOGY n.
Antagonism to theology. Swift.
ATMOLOGY n.
That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor. Whewell.
ATMOSPHEROLOGY n.
The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.
ATOMOLOGY n.
The doctrine of atoms. Cudworth.
BACTERIOLOGY n.
The science relating to bacteria.
BALNEOLOGY n.
A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.
BAROLOGY n.
The science of weight or gravity.
BATTOLOGY n.
A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing. Milton.
BIBLIOLOGY n. 2 definitions
An account of books; book lore; bibliography.
BIOLOGY n.
The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.
BOTANOLOGY n.
The science of botany. [Obs.] Bailey.
BRACHYLOGY n.
Conciseness of expression; brevity.
BROMATOLOGY n.
The science of aliments. Dunglison.
BRONTOLOGY n.
A treatise upon thunder.
BRYOLOGY n.
That part of botany which relates to mosses.
CACOLOGY n.
Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan.
CAMPANOLOGY n.
The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.
CARCINOLOGY n.
The depertment of zoölogy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
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