| ETYMOLOGY | • etymology n. (Uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested… • etymology n. (Countable) The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation. • etymology n. (Countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like. |
| GYPSYDOMS | • GYPSYDOM n. the world of the gypsy, also GIPSYDOM. |
| GYPSYISMS | • gypsyisms n. Plural of gypsyism. • GYPSYISM n. the arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception, also GIPSYISM. |
| GYROMANCY | • gyromancy n. Divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant… • gyromancy n. Divination by whirling a coin on a circle of letters. • GYROMANCY n. divination by walking in a circle until dizzy; the fortune is determined by where the person falls. |
| HYMNOLOGY | • hymnology n. The study of hymns; hymnody. • HYMNOLOGY n. the study of hymns. |
| HYPERGAMY | • hypergamy n. Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself. • HYPERGAMY n. the marriage of a man to a woman of lower status. |
| KARYOGAMY | • karyogamy n. (Biology) The fusion of two nuclei within a cell, especially as the second stage of syngamy. • KARYOGAMY n. a process of fusion of the nuclei of two cells; the second step in syngamy. |
| MYCOPHAGY | • mycophagy n. (Biology) The eating of fungus. • MYCOPHAGY n. the eating of mushrooms. |
| MYOGRAPHY | • myography n. The scientific description of muscles. • MYOGRAPHY n. the recording of muscle traces by use of a myograph. |
| MYSTAGOGY | • mystagogy n. The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries. • MYSTAGOGY n. the doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue. |
| MYTHOLOGY | • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people… • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution. • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe. |
| PYGMYISMS | • PYGMYISM n. a stunted or dwarfish condition. |
| SYMBOLOGY | • symbology n. (Uncountable) The study or use of symbols. • symbology n. (Countable) An encoding scheme, particularly for barcodes. • SYMBOLOGY n. the study of symbols, also SYMBOLOLOGY. |