BORBORYGMI | • borborygmi n. Plural of borborygm. • borborygmi n. Plural of borborygmus. • BORBORYGMUS n. (Greek) a rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines. |
CHIROGNOMY | • chirognomy n. The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand. • CHIROGNOMY n. palmistry. |
EMBRYOLOGY | • embryology n. The scientific study of embryos. • EMBRYOLOGY n. the science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants. |
GASTRONOMY | • gastronomy n. The art of preparing and eating good food. • gastronomy n. The study of the relationship between food and culture. • gastronomy n. The cooking of a particular area. |
GASTROTOMY | • gastrotomy n. (Surgery) Any form of incision into the stomach. • GASTROTOMY n. a cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach, also GASTROSTOMY. |
GONIOMETRY | • goniometry n. Measurement of angles. • GONIOMETRY n. the art of measuring angles; trigonometry. |
GRAMOPHONY | • gramophony n. The business or study of gramophones. • GRAMOPHONY n. (obsolete) the use of the gramophone. |
HOMOGRAPHY | • homography n. The state or quality of being written in the same way, especially when spelled with the same letters… • homography n. (Geometry) An isomorphism between projective spaces that maps straight lines to straight lines. • HOMOGRAPHY n. a type of transformation that maps straight lines onto another plane. |
MONOGRAPHY | • monography n. A monograph. • monography n. Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing. • MONOGRAPHY n. a monograph. |
MORPHOGENY | • morphogeny n. (Biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history… • MORPHOGENY n. the history of the evolution of forms. |
MORPHOLOGY | • morphology n. (Uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially… • morphology n. (Countable) The form and structure of something. • morphology n. (Countable) A description of the form and structure of something. |
MYTHOLOGER | • mythologer n. A mythologist. • MYTHOLOGER n. a mythologist. |
NOMOGRAPHY | • nomography n. A treatise on laws. • NOMOGRAPHY n. a treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws. |
NUMEROLOGY | • numerology n. The study of the purported mystical relationship between numbers (or the letters of words, represented… • NUMEROLOGY n. the study of the occult significance of numbers. |
ORISMOLOGY | • orismology n. (Rare, lexicography) The explanation of technical terms. • orismology n. (Rare, lexicography) Technical terms collectively; terminology. • ORISMOLOGY n. the science of defining technical terms. |
THERMOLOGY | • thermology n. The scientific study of heat. • thermology n. Imaging of the body by means of infrared radiation. • THERMOLOGY n. the study of heat. |
TIMBROLOGY | • timbrology n. (Rare, obsolete) philately (the study or collection of stamps). • TIMBROLOGY n. the study of postage stamps. |
TOMOGRAPHY | • tomography n. Imaging by sections or sectioning. • TOMOGRAPHY n. X-ray photography in which parts of body in front of, or behind, the part under examination are not shown. |
ZYGOMORPHY | • zygomorphy n. The quality of being zygomorphic. • ZYGOMORPHY n. the state of having flowers symmetrical about one axis. |