-ologies & -ismsLexicon of English words used of and about theories, concepts, doctrines, systems, attitudes, practices, states of mind, and branches of science. Focuses on words containing the suffixes -ology, -ism, -ics, -graphy, -metry, -archy, -cide, -philia, -phobia, -mancy, -latry, et al., including derivative forms of these words. |
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19th-century abiogenesis abnormal fear abnormal love acrophobia act or process action ailurophobia anamorphism anamorphosis ANATOMY ancient Ancient Greece animals behavior belief biology that studies blood body branch of biology branch of medical called caused cells characteristics characterized chiromancy Christ Christian church collection color condition criticism device DISEASE and ILLNESS disorder divination involving doctrine earth EASTERN ORTHODOXY electrotherapeutics engraving epicene especially excessive fear or dislike form of divination gemstones Gnostic growth gymnophobia human hypnosis instrument for measuring killing literary literature logic mania medical science Medicine mnemonic mnemonic word Monophysite movement mysophobia nature nymphomania obsession Obsolete one's perissodactylic person philosophy photographic physical plants political practice principles Rare RELIGION religious represent a syllogistic science or study science that studies scotophobia sect sexual social speech spirit style substance syllogistic argument taphophobia technique tendency THEOLOGY theory thigmotropism tion tissue treatment trypanophobia word to represent worship writing zygomorphic zymology