(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
agriology
agriology
noun
The comparative study of primitive, illiterate or "savage" cultures.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agromyzid
agromyzid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.
aitiology
aitiology
noun
Alternative form of aetiology
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
anargyroi
anargyroi
noun
plural of anargyros
angiocyst
angiogeny
angiology
angiology
noun
The branch of anatomy dealing with blood vessels and lymphatics.
angiotomy
angiotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body
anisogamy
anisogamy
noun
(cytology) Sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes.
A form of sexual bonding involving partners of unusually widely differing ages.
anisogeny
archigony
argyrosis
argyrosis
noun
Synonym of argyria
aroynting
aroynting
verb
present participle of aroynt
astonying
astonying
verb
present participle of astony
atoningly
atoningly
adv
in an atoning manner
audiology
audiology
noun
An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.
The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders
bigotedly
bigotedly
adv
In a bigoted manner.
biography
biography
noun
A person's life story, especially one published.
The art of writing this kind of story.
verb
(transitive) To write a biography of.
bloodying
bloodying
verb
present participle of bloody
boilingly
boilingly
adv
in a boiling manner
boomingly
boomingly
adv
In a booming manner; loudly.
bryogenin
caliology
caliology
noun
The study of birds' nests.
canopying
canopying
noun
The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline
verb
present participle of canopy
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
clinology
clinology
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The study of the deterioration or retrogression of an organism after maturity, especially, the correspondance of the form or function of one organism that has deteriorated due to age with the undeteriorated mature stages of degraded organisms from the same group.
cloyingly
cloyingly
adv
In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
In an excessively sweet manner.
coaxingly
coaxingly
adv
In a coaxing manner.
coccygine
coccygius
codifying
codifying
noun
A codification.
verb
present participle of codify
coglorify
collingly
complying
complying
verb
present participle of comply
condignly
condignly
adv
(especially of a punishment) appropriately
congruity
congruity
noun
An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
coniology
coniology
noun
Alternative form of koniology
conveying
conveying
verb
present participle of convey
convoying
convoying
verb
present participle of convoy
coolingly
coolingly
adv
So as to grow cooler; losing warmth.
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
crayoning
crayoning
noun
A drawing done in crayon.
verb
present participle of crayon
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
cryogenic
cryogenic
adj
Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
curiology
cytogenic
cytogenic
adj
of or relating to cytogenesis
cytologic
cytologic
adj
Of or relating to cytology.
deploying
deploying
verb
present participle of deploy
diabology
diabology
noun
The study of the Devil in religion.
dichogamy
dichogamy
noun
(biology) The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
dictyogen
dictyogen
noun
(botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae, Smilacaceae, Trilliaceae, etc.
digestory
digestory
adj
Relating to a digestor
dissogeny
dissogony
dissogony
noun
pedogenesis
disyoking
disyoking
verb
present participle of disyoke
dittology
dittology
noun
A double reading or interpretation of a text
dizygotic
dizygotic
adj
(biology) Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
doggishly
doggishly
adv
In a doggish manner.
dosiology
dosiology
noun
Alternative form of dosology
doughtily
doughtily
adv
In a doughty manner.
downlying
downlying
noun
(Scotland) The travail in childbirth.
The time of retiring to rest.
droningly
droningly
adv
With a droning sound.
dysgnosia
dysgnosia
noun
mental illness
easygoing
easygoing
adj
(of a journey or pace) unhurried
(of a person) calm, relaxed, casual and informal
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
embodying
embodying
noun
embodiment
verb
present participle of embody
employing
employing
verb
present participle of employ
enzygotic
enzygotic
adj
(biology) That develops from a single zygote that divides at an early stage of development
epigynous
epigynous
adj
(botany) Having an inferior ovary that is completely buried within the receptacle.
epirogeny
festilogy
festilogy
noun
A treatise on church festivals.
flowingly
flowingly
adv
In a flowing manner.
foamingly
foamingly
adv
With foam.
fogramity
foiningly
footingly
forcingly
forcingly
adv
In a forcing manner.
foreignly
foreignly
adv
In a foreign manner.
fossilogy
fossilogy
noun
(archaic) The science or study of fossils.
frigorify
fungosity
fungosity
noun
A fungal growth.
The quality of being fungous.
gascoigny
gaseosity
gaseosity
noun
The quality of being gaseous.
gasoliery
genotypic
genotypic
adj
Of or pertaining to a genotype
geocyclic
geocyclic
adj
Circling the Earth periodically.
Of, pertaining to, or illustrating the revolutions of the Earth.
geomyidae
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
ghostlify
ghostlify
verb
To make ghostly; to haunt
ghostlily
ghostlily
adv
In a ghostly way.
gibbosely
gibbosity
gibbosity
noun
The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.
gibbously
gibbously
adv
In a gibbous manner.
gillotype
gipsology
gipsyhood
gipsywort
globality
globality
noun
The end-state of globalization – a hypothetical condition in which the process of globalization is complete or nearly so, barriers have fallen, and "a new global reality" is emerging.
globosity
globosity
noun
A spherical or globose shape.
glowingly
glowingly
adv
While giving off a glow.
With enthusiastic praise.
glozingly
glozingly
adv
In a glozing or deceptively flattering manner.
glumosity
glycolide
glycolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A lactone formed from two molecules of glycolic acid; any derivative of this compound
glycollic
glyconian
glyconian
Noun
A kind of verse in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic.
glyconics
glycoside
glycoside
noun
(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.
glycosine
glycosine
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) An organic base, C₆H₆N₄, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
(organic chemistry) The organic compound 1-methyl-2-(phenylmethyl)-4(1H)-quinazolinone (a fused derivative of pyrimidine) found in the toothbrush plant, Glycosmis pentaphylla, sometimes used to ease the pain of arthritis
glyoxalic
glyoxalin
glyoxilin
glyoxylic
glyoxylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to glyoxylic acid or its derivatives
goatishly
goatishly
adv
In a goatish way.
goldfinny
goldfinny
noun
One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
goldsinny
goldsinny
noun
Synonym of goldfinny
golightly
gonyalgia
goodwilly
goodwilly
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) Cordial; friendly; cheering.
(obsolete or dialectal) Liberal; generous.
noun
(obsolete or dialectal) A volunteer.
goodyship
goodyship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife.
goosishly
gorblimey
gorblimey
intj
(Britain) Expressing surprise, anger, etc.
gossypine
gossypium
gothicity
gothicity
Noun
Gothicness.
gougingly
gropingly
gropingly
adv
In a groping manner; blindly.
grouchily
grouchily
adv
In a grouchy manner
growingly
growingly
adv
To a growing or increasing degree
gummosity
gummosity
noun
The quality of being gummy; a viscous or adhesive quality.
gymnonoti
gynaecoid
gynaecoid
adj
Characteristic of a woman
gynobasic
gynobasic
adj
(botany) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.
gynoecium
gynoecium
noun
(botany) The pistils of a flower considered as a group
gyrations
gyrations
noun
plural of gyration
gyromitra
gyropilot
hagiology
hagiology
noun
literature dealing with the lives of saints
heliology
heliology
noun
(dated) heliophysics
hexiology
hexiology
noun
(obsolete) The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
hierogamy
hierogamy
noun
The ritual enactment of sexual relations between gods and goddesses in order to guarantee fertility of crops
hierology
hierology
noun
The comparative and historical study of religions.
hippology
hippology
noun
The study of horses.
histogeny
histogeny
noun
histogenesis
histology
histology
noun
(biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.