n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + -logy. ] The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adenology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Adeno- + -logy. ] The part of physiology that treats of the glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to arachnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider + -logy. ] The department of Zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as bioengineering. [ PJC ]

n. A botanist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Botany + -logy: cf. F. botanologie. ] The science of botany. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. campana bell + -logy. ] The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to carcinology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. karki`nos a crab + -logy. ] (Zool.) The department of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Chronologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. [ 1913 Webster ]

That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. -- Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Chronologies [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; time + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. chronologie. ] The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates. [ 1913 Webster ]

If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to criminology. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy. ] 1. A treatise on crime or the criminal population. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The branch of sociology which studies crime and criminals. [ PJC ]

-- Crim`i*nol"o*gist n. [1913 Webster]

n. One versed in demonology. R. North.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. démonologique. ] Of or pertaining to demonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Demon + -logy: cf. F. démonologie. ] A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; a gland + -logy. ] The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to ethnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Gr. &unr_; nation + -logy. ] The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

n. One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Galvanic + -logy. ] A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gnomon + -logy. Cf. Gnomonology. ] A treatise on gnomonics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology. Busby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; hymn + -logy: cf. F. hymnologie. ] 1. The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in hypnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sleep + -logy. ] A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to ichnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'i`chnos a footstep + -logy. ] (Geol.) The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; e'ikw`n an image + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. iconologie. ] The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to immunology. [ PJC ]

n. The science which studies the immune system, the processes of immunity, and the nature of the immune response, and techniques of analysis which use the immune response. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kinei^n to move + -logy. ] That branch of physics which treats of the laws of motion, or of moving bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in lichenology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lichen + -logy. ] The science which treats of lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Membrane + -logy. ] The science which treats of membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n.; pl. L. Menologia E. Menologies [ NL. menologium, fr. Gr. mh`n month + lo`gos discourse : cf. F. ménologe. ] 1. A register of months. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Monologue. ] One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. monologue, Gr. &unr_; speaking alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole + lo`gos speech, discourse, le`gein to speak. See Legend. ] 1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dramatic composition for a single performer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manipulation or construction of objects with sizes in the nanometer range or smaller. Objects of the size of molecules may be moved and placed in specific locations using laser tweezers or an atomic force microscope. See nanotechnology. [ PJC ]