8-letter words containing l, o, g, y
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polyglot — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polygyny — the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time.
- pomology — the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.
- posingly — in a posing manner
- posology — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage.
- pyrology — the study of fire or heat, esp the branch of chemistry concerned with the use and properties of fire
- rheology — the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
- rovingly — in a roving manner
- serology — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- sexology — the study of sexual behavior.
- sinology — the study of the language, literature, history, customs, etc., of China.
- sitology — the branch of medicine dealing with nutrition and dietetics.
- sly grog — bootleg liquor.
- sly-grog — bootleg liquor.
- strongly — with great strength or force: wind blowing strongly from the west.
- telegony — a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- theology — the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity.
- tocology — obstetrics.
- tokology — obstetrics.
- topology — the study of those properties of geometric forms that remain invariant under certain transformations, as bending or stretching.
- typology — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
- venology — phlebology.
- vinology — the scientific study of wines and winemaking
- virology — the science dealing with the study of viruses and the diseases caused by them.
- wayleggo — away here! let go!; a shepherd's call to a dog on completion of a task
- wooingly — In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.
- xenology — (chiefly in science fiction) the scientific study of alien biology, cultures, etc.
- xylology — (rare) The study of wood.
- yearlong — lasting for a year.
- yodeling — Present participle of yodel.
- yoldring — a yellowhammer.
- yugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- yule log — a large log of wood that traditionally formed the backlog of the fire at Christmas.
- zumology — (dated, 19th century) alternative spelling of zymology.
- zymology — (formerly) the science dealing with fermentation and the action of enzymes; enzymology.