| ACAROLOGY | • acarology n. (Zoology) The study of ticks and mites. • ACAROLOGY n. the study of mites. |
| ARCHOLOGY | • archology n. The study of the origins of things. • archology n. The science of government. • ARCHOLOGY n. the science of the origins of government. |
| ARROGANCY | • arrogancy n. (Now rare) Arrogance. • ARROGANCY n. the quality of being arrogant, also ARROGANCE. |
| CARPOLOGY | • carpology n. The study of the structure of seeds and fruit. • CARPOLOGY n. the study of fruits and seeds. |
| CARTOLOGY | • cartology n. The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory’s geography. • CARTOLOGY n. the science of maps and charts. |
| COPYGRAPH | • copygraph n. (Dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a… • COPYGRAPH n. a process for copying type. |
| COVARYING | • covarying v. Present participle of covary. • COVARY v. to vary mean values. |
| CRAYONING | • crayoning v. Present participle of crayon. • crayoning n. A drawing done in crayon. • CRAYON v. to use a drawing implement. |
| CREOPHAGY | • creophagy n. Alternative spelling of kreophagy. • CREOPHAGY n. the act of eating meat. |
| CRYPTOGAM | • cryptogam n. Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae… • CRYPTOGAM n. a plant reproducing by spores and not seeds, e.g. ferns, mosses, fungi etc. |
| CYMOGRAPH | • cymograph n. An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture. • CYMOGRAPH n. an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings, also CYMAGRAPH. |
| GYNOCRACY | • gynocracy n. (Government, sociology) Synonym of gynecocracy. • GYNOCRACY n. government by women. |
| GYRFALCON | • gyrfalcon n. (Obsolete) Any large falcon, especially as used to fly at herons. • gyrfalcon n. Falco rusticolus, a large bird of prey that breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europe and Asia. • GYRFALCON n. a heavy, powerful falcon of cold northerly regions, also GERFALCON, JERFALCON. |
| GYROMANCY | • gyromancy n. Divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant… • gyromancy n. Divination by whirling a coin on a circle of letters. • GYROMANCY n. divination by walking in a circle until dizzy; the fortune is determined by where the person falls. |
| HERCOGAMY | • hercogamy n. (Botany) The condition where self-pollination is impossible (e.g. due to physical obstacles or mutations). • HERCOGAMY n. the prevention of self-pollination in plants, also HERKOGAMY. |
| MACROLOGY | • macrology n. Verbose meaningless talk. • MACROLOGY n. much talk with little to say. |
| OLIGARCHY | • oligarchy n. A government run by only a few, often the wealthy. • oligarchy n. Those who make up an oligarchic government. • oligarchy n. A state ruled by such a government. |
| SARCOLOGY | • sarcology n. (Obsolete) The study of the soft parts of the body, including myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology. • SARCOLOGY n. the study of soft, fleshy parts of the body. |
| SURROGACY | • surrogacy n. (Rare) The state or condition of being a surrogate. • surrogacy n. The practice of being a surrogate mother. • SURROGACY n. the state of being a surrogate. |