| APIOLOGY | • apiology n. The scientific study of bees and honey-making. • APIOLOGY n. the study of bees. |
| GOSSYPOL | • gossypol n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant. • GOSSYPOL n. a toxic pigment. |
| LOGOTYPE | • logotype n. A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other… • logotype n. (Typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise). • LOGOTYPE n. a piece of type representing a word or several letters cast in one piece. |
| LOGOTYPY | • logotypy n. (Typography) The use of logotypes or ligatures. • LOGOTYPY n. the use of logotypes. |
| OPTOLOGY | • optology n. (Rare) The study of sight. • OPTOLOGY n. the study of sight. |
| PEDOLOGY | • pedology n. The sub-discipline of soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with… • pedology n. The study of the behaviour and development of children. • PEDOLOGY n. the study of the growth and development of children, also PAEDOLOGY. |
| PELOLOGY | • PELOLOGY n. study of mud and its curative effects. |
| PENOLOGY | • penology n. Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime. • PENOLOGY n. the science of the punishment of crime. |
| PODOLOGY | • podology n. Podiatry, chiropody. • PODOLOGY n. the study of the feet. |
| POLLYWOG | • pollywog n. Alternative form of polliwog (“tadpole”). • pollywog n. (Sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator. • pollywog n. (New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent. |
| POLYGLOT | • polyglot adj. Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual. • polyglot adj. Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text… • polyglot adj. Comprising various (native) linguistic groups; multilingual. |
| POLYGONS | • polygons n. Plural of polygon. • POLYGON n. (Greek) a plane figure bounded by straight lines, esp. more than four. |
| POLYGONY | • polygony n. Any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass. • POLYGONY n. (Spenser) the plant bistort. |
| POMOLOGY | • pomology n. (Botany) The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit. • pomology n. (Botany) The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit. • pomology n. A work or treatise written on this subject. |
| POSOLOGY | • posology n. (Countable, uncountable, pharmacy, pharmacology) The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination… • posology n. (Uncountable, mathematics, historical, rare) In the works of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)… • POSOLOGY n. a branch of medicine that deals with drug dosages. |
| PYROLOGY | • pyrology n. (Dated) the scientific study of the effects of heat or flame, often in regards to explosives or chemical compounds. • PYROLOGY n. the scientific examination of materials by heat. |
| TOPOLOGY | • topology n. (Mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical… • topology n. (Topology) Any collection τ of subsets of a given set X that contains both the empty set and X, and… • topology n. (Medicine) The anatomical structure of part of the body. |
| TYPOLOGY | • typology n. The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types. • typology n. The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics. • typology n. (Archaeology) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics. |