9-letter words that end in logy
- 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.
- 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.
- muscology — the scientific study of mosses
- museology — the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.
- 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.
- nostology — geriatrics.
- ophiology — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- osteology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- palillogy — the repetition of a phrase or word
- pantology — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- 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.
- 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
- petrology — study of rocks
- 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.
- 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.
- phonology — the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.