9-letter words that end in gy
- gnomology — a collection or anthology of gnomes or aphorisms.
- 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
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- 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.
- hoplology — the study of weapons or armour
- hydrology — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hyetology — the branch of meteorology dealing with precipitation.
- hygiology — The science of the preservation of health.
- hygrology — the study of humidity of the air or atmosphere
- hymnology — the study of hymns, their history, classification, etc.
- hypnology — the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep.
- iatrology — Medical science.
- ichnology — the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.
- iconology — the historical analysis and interpretive study of symbols or images and their contextual significance; iconography.
- imre nagy — Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- in effigy — a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.
- irenology — the study of peace
- iridology — the inspection of the iris of the eye as an aid in determining a person's state of health or in diagnosing a health problem.
- karyology — the study of the structure and function of cell nuclei.
- koniology — the study of atmospheric dust and its effects
- limnology — the scientific study of bodies of fresh water, as lakes and ponds, with reference to their physical, geographical, biological, and other features.
- lithology — Geology. (loosely) petrology. the physical characteristics of a rock or stratigraphic unit.
- macrology — Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
- mammalogy — the science dealing with mammals.
- mammology — Alternative form of mammalogy.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- maryology — Mariology.
- mastology — Mammalogy.
- mereology — the formal study of the logical properties of the relation of part and whole
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- monophagy — The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
- muscology — the scientific study of mosses
- museology — the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.
- mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
- mystagogy — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythology — a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person: Greek mythology.
- narcology — The study of drug abuse.
- necrology — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- nephology — The study or contemplation of clouds.
- neurology — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- nonenergy — not related to energy or the energy industry
- nostology — geriatrics.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
- ophiology — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.