8-letter words that end in gy
- micrurgy — the manipulation and examination of single cells under a microscope
- misology — distrust or hatred of reason or reasoning.
- mixology — the art or skill of preparing mixed drinks.
- monology — the act or habit of soliloquizing.
- morology — Foolish talk; nonsense.
- mycology — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- nasology — the scientific study of noses.
- nomology — the science of law or laws.
- nosology — the systematic classification of diseases.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nutmeggy — having the smell or the taste of nutmeg
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- oecology — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- oenology — the science of viniculture.
- old fogy — a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- oncology — the branch of medical science dealing with tumors, including the origin, development, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant neoplasms.
- ontology — the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
- optology — the science of testing eyes for lenses
- palilogy — the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
- paralogy — false reasoning
- pedagogy — the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelology — the study of the therapeutic uses of mud
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- podology — the study of the feet
- pomology — the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.
- porridgy — resembling the taste, texture, or appearance of porridge
- 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.
- scroungy — given to or characterized by scrounging.
- 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.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- 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.
- xenology — (chiefly in science fiction) the scientific study of alien biology, cultures, etc.
- xylology — (rare) The study of wood.
- zigzaggy — Made up of zigzags.
- zoophagy — the feeding on animals by other animals
- zumology — (dated, 19th century) alternative spelling of zymology.