Words that rhyme with hypnology

n 1: the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem" [syn: biotechnology, biotech] 2: the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments [syn: biotechnology, bioengineering, ergonomics]

n 1: an arrangement of events in time 2: a record of events in the order of their occurrence 3: the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

n 1: the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe 2: the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe [syn: cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny]

n 1: the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement

n 1: the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions

n 1: the branch of zoology that studies insects [syn: entomology, bugology]

n 1: the philosophical theory of knowledge

n 1: the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics

n 1: a history of a word 2: the study of the sources and development of words

n 1: the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language; "he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages"

n 1: the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)

n 1: the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system

n 1: the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties

n 1: predicting what the weather will be [syn: meteorology, weather forecasting] 2: the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)

n 1: the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases

n 1: myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person 2: the study of myths

n 1: the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system 2: (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders [syn: neurology, clinical neurology]

n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors

n 1: (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations 2: the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

n 1: the branch of zoology that studies birds

n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the ear

n 1: the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases 2: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

n 1: the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation [syn: penology, poenology]

n 1: the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification [syn: petrology, lithology]

n 1: the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects [syn: pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica]

n 1: a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account

n 1: the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes [syn: phonology, phonemics]

n 1: a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties

n 1: the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms 2: processes and functions of an organism

n 1: the branch of geology that studies earthquakes

n 1: the study of Chinese history and language and culture

n 1: the practical application of science to commerce or industry [syn: technology, engineering] 2: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" [syn: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology]

n 1: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]

n 1: the branch of geology that studies volcanoes [syn: volcanology, vulcanology]

n 1: United States novelist (1909-1955) [syn: Agee, James Agee]

n 1: a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite [syn: germanium, Ge, atomic number 32] 2: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia, Ge]

n 1: the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits

n 1: the art of wine making [syn: enology, oenology]

n 1: the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes

n 1: the branch of astronomy that deals with the moon

n 1: the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)