9-letter words containing og
- orography — the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
- orthogamy — (botany) fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant.
- osteology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- ostrogoth — a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, a.d. 493–555.
- otologies — Plural form of otology.
- otologist — A doctor specializing in otology. (from 19th c.).
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- paleogene — noting or pertaining to the earlier part of the Cenozoic Era, in the system adopted by some geologists, occurring from 65 to 25 million years ago and including the Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene epochs: corresponds to the earlier part of the Tertiary Period in the system generally used in the U.S. Compare Neogene.
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- palillogy — the repetition of a phrase or word
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- pantology — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- paralogia — incoherent speech or thinking
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- pedagogic — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedagogue — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedogenic — the process of soil formation.
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- pedologic — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petrology — study of rocks
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- philology — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
- phonogram — a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.
- phonology — the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
- photogene — an afterimage on the retina.
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- phycology — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytology — botany.
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pistology — the branch of theology dealing with faith.
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- plutology — the study of wealth
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- ponograph — an instrument for graphically recording pain or muscular fatigue.