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8-letter words that end in logy

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • zumology — (dated, 19th century) alternative spelling of zymology.
  • zymology — (formerly) the science dealing with fermentation and the action of enzymes; enzymology.
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