-ologies and -ographies
-ologies and -ographies
(OP)
What other terms beside the common biography, cartography, choreography, geography, topography, as well as anthology, astrology, criminology, ecology, etymology, hæmatology, oncology, pharmacology, topology, toxicology, tribology, you know ?
I assume there should be at least around 100 words more with those endings. Can you bring some more examples ?





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photography
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If you ask the "inverted" dictionary at the site http://ka
For greek words ending at -ography (-??????) you get only 291 word, Some of them : anorthography, bibliography, thalassography, kaligraphy, olography, pornography, telegraphy, phasmatography, chromatography, oceanography.
Costas
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lithography
from m-w.com :
640 entries found for *ology. The first 10 are listed below
355 entries found for *graphy. The first 10 are listed below.
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Language being what it is, the rules are not hard and fast.
What about astrology vs. astronomy?
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DaveAtkins
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-graphy : pertaining to the written word (Greek: graphein "write"
Good Luck
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Costas
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In this age of buzzwords and politically correct code words, nothing hits home quite like plain English and small words.
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Morphology -- Now I must look it "up" to find the meaning!
Metallography
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mor·phol·o·gy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (môr-fl-j)
n. pl. mor·phol·o·gies
The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function.
The form and structure of an organism or one of its parts: the morphology of a cell; the morphology of vertebrates.
Linguistics. The study of the structure and form of words in language or a language, including inflection, derivation, and the formation of compounds.
The second definition seems to fit properly in this thread.