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870 words match “OLOGY”

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.
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.
zoölogy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
CARPHOLOGY n.
See Flaccillation.
CARPOLOGY n.
That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
CEPHALOLOGY n.
The science which treats of the head.
CEREBROLOGY n.
The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.
CETOLOGY n.
The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.
CHIROLOGY n.
The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.
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