| AGONISTICS | • agonistics n. The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including… • AGONISTICS n. (archaic) the art and theory of prizefighting. |
| ANAPESTICS | • anapestics n. Plural of anapestic. • ANAPESTIC n. a verse in the form of an anapest, two short metrical syllables followed by one long one. |
| ANGLISTICS | • Anglistics n. Synonym of English studies. • ANGLISTICS n. the study of English idioms or culture. |
| BALLISTICS | • ballistics n. (Physics) The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric… • BALLISTICS n. the science of the motion of projectiles; esp. that part of the subject connected with firearms. |
| CLADISTICS | • cladistics n. (Systematics) An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies… • CLADISTICS n. taxonomic theory distinguishing by common ancestor. |
| EMPLASTICS | • emplastics n. Plural of emplastic. • EMPLASTIC n. a medicine that stops the pores. |
| ENCAUSTICS | • encaustics n. Plural of encaustic. • ENCAUSTIC n. an ancient method of painting in melted wax; a piece of pottery or other article decorated in this way. |
| EUPLASTICS | • EUPLASTICS n. the art of healing. |
| FANTASTICS | • fantastics n. Plural of fantastic. • FANTASTIC n. a person who has fanciful ideas or indulges in wild notions. |
| FLORISTICS | • floristics n. (Botany) The scientific study of the distribution of plants, especially on the regional level. • FLORISTICS n. the study of the numerical distributions of plants. |
| GYMNASTICS | • gymnastics n. A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility… • gymnastics n. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility. • GYMNASTICS n. exercises and activities devised to strengthen the body and improve agility and coordination. |
| HEURISTICS | • heuristics n. Plural of heuristic. • heuristics n. The study of heuristic methods and principles. • heuristics n. Heuristic methods and approaches considered collectively. |
| ONOMASTICS | • onomastics n. The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names. • ONOMASTICS n. the study of proper names or of terms used in a specialized field. |
| ORCHESTICS | • orchestics n. The art of dance. • ORCHESTICS n. the art of dancing. |
| PATRISTICS | • patristics n. The study of the works of the early Christian Church Fathers. • PATRISTICS n. the study of the Church Fathers' lives and works. |
| STATISTICS | • statistics n. A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection… • statistics n. A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information… • statistics n. Plural of statistic. |
| STYLISTICS | • stylistics n. (Linguistics) The study of literary style, and how it changes within different contexts. • STYLISTICS n. the science of variations in language. |