| AETIOLOGY | • aetiology n. The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. • aetiology n. The study of causes or causation. • aetiology n. (Medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation… |
| ATHEOLOGY | • atheology n. Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism. • ATHEOLOGY n. antagonism to theology. |
| EROTOLOGY | • erotology n. The study of sexual stimuli and behaviour. • EROTOLOGY n. the study of erotic stimuli and sexual behaviour. |
| ETHNOLOGY | • ethnology n. (Anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures. • ETHNOLOGY n. cultural anthropology; the science concerned with the varieties of the human race. |
| ETYMOLOGY | • etymology n. (Uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested… • etymology n. (Countable) The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation. • etymology n. (Countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like. |
| FESTOLOGY | • festology n. A form of martyrology that lists the feast days. • FESTOLOGY n. a treatise on ecclesiastical festivals, also FESTILOGY. |
| HYETOLOGY | • hyetology n. (Rare, archaic) The scientific study of precipitation. • HYETOLOGY n. the science of rainfall. |
| LOGOTYPES | • logotypes n. Plural of logotype. • LOGOTYPE n. a piece of type representing a word or several letters cast in one piece. |
| METROLOGY | • metrology n. (Uncountable) The science of weights and measures or of measurement. • metrology n. (Countable) A system of weights and measures. • METROLOGY n. the science of weights and measures. |
| OSTEOLOGY | • osteology n. (Anatomy) The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones. • osteology n. (Anatomy) The bone structure of a particular individual, or species. • OSTEOLOGY n. the study of bones. |
| PESTOLOGY | • pestology n. The science of pests and pest control. • PESTOLOGY n. the science of pests. |
| PETROLOGY | • petrology n. (Geology) The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock. • PETROLOGY n. the geological study of rocks. |
| TELEOLOGY | • teleology n. (Philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences. • teleology n. (By extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena. • teleology n. The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence. |
| THEROLOGY | • THEROLOGY n. the study of wild mammals. |