Terms Ending in Ologies and Ographies

Term

The Subject of Study or Practice

Acarology

Mites and ticks

Aetiology

Causes, especially of disease

Anemology

Wind

Angiology

Blood and lymph vessels

Anthropology

Mankind

Astrology

Heavenly bodies

Bryology

Mosses

Campanology

Bell ringing

Cardiology

Heart function and diseases

Cetology

Fruits and seeds

Cetology

Aquatic mammals, especially whales

Cartography

Map-making

Choreography

Dancing, composing ballets

Chorography

Mapping of regions

Chorology

Geographical regions; plant and animal distribution

Chronology

Dates

Conchology

Seashells

Cosmology

The Universe

Craniology

Skulls

Criminology

Crimes and criminals

Cryptology

Codes and ciphers

Cytology

Plant and animal cells

Dactylology

Fingerprints

Demography

Population statistics

Dendrology

Trees

Deontology

Moral responsibilities

Dermatology 

Human skin

Malacology

Molluscs

Meteorology

Weather 

Metrology

Measurement

Mycology

Fungi

Myrmecology

Muscles

Myrmecology

Ants

Nomology

Lawmaking or scientific laws

Nosology

Classification of disease

Odontology

Teeth

Oenology

Wines

Oncology

Tumours and cancer

Oneirology

Dreams

Ontology

Nature of existence

Oology

Eggs

Ophiology

Snakes

Ophthalmology

Eyes

Ornithology

Birds

Orography

Mapping of relief

Orology

Mountains

Osteology

Bones

Otology

Ears

Paedology

Children

Palaeography

Old Manuscripts

Palaeontology

Fossils

Palynology

Pollen

Pathology

Disease

Pedology

Soil

Penology

Prisons and treatment of criminals

Petrology

Rocks

Pharmacology

Drugs

Philology

Languages

Phrenology

Character, by studying skull irregularities

Ecology

Relationships between living things and their environment

Endocrinology

Glands

Entomology

Insects

Epidemiology

Incidence and risk of disease

Epigraphy

Ancient inscriptions

Epistemology

Nature of knowledge

Eschatology

Death, destiny

Ethnology

Cultures, primitive people

Etiology

Animal behaviour

Etymology

Word origins

Futurology

The future

Genealogy

Ancestry

Gerontology

Old age

Glottochronology

History of language

gynaecology

Women’s disorders

Haematology

Blood

Helminthology

Worms, especially parasitic worms

Herpetology

Reptiles and amphibians

Histology

Plant and animal tissue

Horology

Measurement of time; timepieces

Hydrology

Water and ice

Hypnology

Sleep

Ichthyology

Fish

Lexicography

Dictionaries

Lexicology

Vocabulary

Limnology

Freshwater life

Lithology

Characteristics of rocks

Physiology

Life processes, functioning of organisms

Phytology

Plants

Polemology

Wars

Pomology

Fruit

Potamology

Rivers

Psephology

Elections

Pteridology

Ferns

Radiology

Radiation and radiotherapy

Reflexology

Reflexes; healing through foot massage

Rhinology

Noses

Scatology

Excrement; obscene language

Seismology

Earthquakes

Selenology

The Moon

Semiology

Signs and signalling

Sinology

China

Speleology

Caves

Stomatology

Mouth disorders

Teratology

Monsters; congenital abnormalities

Topography

Surface features of a region

Topology

Shapes and surfaces

Toxicology

Poisons

Tribology

Friction and lubrication

Trichology

Hair

Ufology

Unidentified flying Objects

Uranography

Mapping of stars and galaxies

Vexillology

Flags

Zymology

Fermentation