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9-letter words containing olo

  • diabology — the study of the devil or devils
  • discology — the study of gramophone records
  • discolors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discolor.
  • discolour — Alternative spelling of discolor.
  • dittology — A double reading or interpretation of a text.
  • dolomites — a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO 3) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses.
  • dolomitic — (geology) Of, pertaining to or containing dolomite.
  • dolorific — Of or relating to pain.
  • dolostone — Rock consisting of dolomite.
  • dosiology — the study of doses of drugs
  • duologues — Plural form of duologue.
  • ecologism — An ideology focusing on ecology and the environment.
  • ecologist — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
  • emetology — (medicine) The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
  • enologist — An expert in the science of enology.
  • erotology — the study of erotic stimuli and sexual behaviour
  • ethnology — The study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
  • etimology — Misspelling of etymology.
  • etiologic — Alternative spelling of aetiologic.
  • etymology — The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.
  • euchology — a euchologion
  • filmology — (film) A 1950s\u201360s movement of theoretical study relating to film.
  • foetology — fetology.
  • foliolose — with leaves composed of folioles
  • fontology — (XEROX PARC) The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.g. for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts parallel to "files" and "folders" - ESR
  • frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
  • garbology — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
  • gemmology — (mineralogy, petrology) the branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.
  • geneology — Misspelling of genealogy.
  • geologies — Plural form of geology.
  • geologist — a person who specializes in geologic research and study.
  • geologize — to study geology.
  • gizmology — gadgetry; gadgets collectively
  • gnomology — a collection or anthology of gnomes or aphorisms.
  • golomynka — an oily fish found only in Lake Baikal
  • guanazolo — a synthetic form of guanine that is used to inhibit the growth of tumours
  • hagiology — the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
  • haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
  • heliology — the study of the sun
  • herbology — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
  • hierology — literature or learning regarding sacred things.
  • hippology — the study of horses.
  • histology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
  • holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
  • holoclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a higher growth potential than a meroclone because it does not contain differentiated cells.
  • holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
  • holograms — Plural form of hologram.
  • holograph — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
  • hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
  • holohedry — The condition of a crystal whose point group is identical to that of its lattice.
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