| palaetiology | (noun) the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) | Synonyms: paletiology |
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| paleoanthropology | (noun) the scientific study of human fossils | Synonyms: human palaeontology, human paleontology, palaeoanthropology |
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| paleobiology | (noun) a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms | Synonyms: palaeobiology |
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| paleoclimatology | (noun) the study of the climate of past ages | Synonyms: palaeoclimatology |
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| paleodendrology | (noun) the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees | Synonyms: palaeodendrology |
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| paleoecology | (noun) the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology | Synonyms: palaeoecology |
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| paleogeology | (noun) the study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks | Synonyms: palaeogeology |
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| paleology | (noun) the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities | Synonyms: palaeology |
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| paleomammalogy | (noun) the paleobiology of ancient mammals | - |
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| paleontology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: fossilology, palaeontology |
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| paleopathology | (noun) the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence) | Synonyms: palaeopathology |
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| paleornithology | (noun) the paleobiology of birds | Synonyms: palaeornithology |
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| paleozoology | (noun) the study of fossil animals | Synonyms: palaeozoology |
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| paletiology | (noun) the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) | Synonyms: palaetiology |
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| parapsychology | (noun) phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes | Synonyms: psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon |
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| parisology | (noun) the use of ambiguous words | - |
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| pathology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases | - |
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| (noun) any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | - |
| patrology | (noun) the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers | Synonyms: patristics |
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| (noun) the writings of the early Church Fathers | Synonyms: patristics |
| pedagogy | (noun) the profession of a teacher | Synonyms: instruction, teaching |
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| (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, teaching |
| (noun) the principles and methods of instruction | Synonyms: pedagogics, teaching method |
| pedology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children | Synonyms: paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics |
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| penology | (noun) the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation | Synonyms: poenology |
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| perinatology | (noun) the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium | - |
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| petrology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification | Synonyms: lithology |
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| pharmacology | (noun) the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects | Synonyms: materia medica, pharmacological medicine |
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| phenomenology | (noun) 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 | - |
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| philology | (noun) the humanistic study of language and literature | Synonyms: linguistics |
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| phonology | (noun) the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes | Synonyms: phonemics |
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| phraseology | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phrasing, verbiage, wording |
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| phrenology | (noun) a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties | - |
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| phycology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies algae | Synonyms: algology |
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| physiology | (noun) processes and functions of an organism | - |
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| (noun) the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms | - |
| phytology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies plants | Synonyms: botany |
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| piggy | (adjective) resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy | Synonyms: hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish |
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| (noun) a young pig | Synonyms: piglet, shoat, shote |
| podgy | (adjective) short and plump | Synonyms: dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby |
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| poenology | (noun) the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation | Synonyms: penology |
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| pogy | (noun) money received from the state | Synonyms: dole, pogey |
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| pomology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits | - |
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| porgy | (noun) important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide | - |
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| (noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: scup |
| posology | (noun) the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines | - |
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| primatology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies primates | - |
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| proctology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus | - |
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| prodigy | (noun) an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality | - |
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| (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication |
| (noun) an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration | - |
| prongy | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged |
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| protoanthropology | (noun) the study of humans prior to the invention of writing | Synonyms: protohistory |
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| protoarchaeology | (noun) the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils | Synonyms: protoarcheology |
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| protoarcheology | (noun) the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils | Synonyms: protoarchaeology |
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| protology | (noun) the study of origins and first things | - |
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| protozoology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies protozoans | - |
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| psephology | (noun) the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls) | - |
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| psychology | (noun) the science of mental life | Synonyms: psychological science |
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| psychopathology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | Synonyms: psychiatry, psychological medicine |
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| (noun) the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior | Synonyms: abnormal psychology |
| psychopharmacology | (noun) the study of drugs that affect the mind | - |
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| psychophysiology | (noun) the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes | Synonyms: neuropsychology, physiological psychology |
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| pteridology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies ferns | - |
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| pudgy | (adjective) short and plump | Synonyms: dumpy, podgy, roly-poly, tubby |
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| quaggy | (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
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| radiobiology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the effects of radiation on living organisms | - |
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| radiology | (noun) (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation | Synonyms: radioscopy |
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| (noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation | - |
| rangy | (adjective) allowing ample room for ranging | - |
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| (adjective) adapted to wandering or roaming | - |
| (adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs | Synonyms: gangling, gangly, lanky |
| reflexology | (noun) massage to relieve tension by finger pressure; based on the belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head that are connected to every part of the body | - |
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| (noun) the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms | - |
| rheology | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter | - |
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| rheumatology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints | - |
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| rhinolaryngology | (noun) the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat | Synonyms: otolaryngology, otorhinolaryngology |
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| scatology | (noun) (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes) | - |
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| (noun) a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) | - |
| scatophagy | (noun) the eating of excrement or other filth | - |
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| scraggy | (adjective) being very thin | Synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy |
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| (adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline | Synonyms: jagged, jaggy |
| sedgy | (adjective) covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants) | - |
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| seismology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies | - |
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| selenology | (noun) the branch of astronomy that deals with the moon | - |
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| semasiology | (noun) the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning | Synonyms: cognitive semantics, conceptual semantics |
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| semiology | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols | Synonyms: semiotics |
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| serology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease | - |
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| shaggy | (adjective) having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags | Synonyms: shagged |
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| (adjective) used of hair; thick and poorly groomed | Synonyms: bushy, shaggy-coated, shaggy-haired |
| slangy | (adjective) constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang | - |
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| smoggy | (adjective) clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog | - |
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| smudgy | (adjective) smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination | - |
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| sociobiology | (noun) the branch of biology that conducts comparative studies of the social organization of animals (including human beings) with regard to its evolutionary history | - |
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| sociology | (noun) the study and classification of human societies | - |
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| soggy | (adjective) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking | Synonyms: doughy |
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| (adjective) slow and apathetic | Synonyms: inert, sluggish, torpid |
| (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
| soteriology | (noun) the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency | - |
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| spelaeology | (noun) the pastime of exploring caves | Synonyms: speleology |
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| (noun) the scientific study of caves | Synonyms: speleology |
| speleology | (noun) the pastime of exploring caves | Synonyms: spelaeology |
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| (noun) the scientific study of caves | Synonyms: spelaeology |
| spongy | (adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed | Synonyms: spongelike |
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| (adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility | Synonyms: spongelike, squashy, squishy |
| springy | (adjective) (of movements) light and confidently active | - |
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| (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, resilient |
| stagy | (adjective) having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: stagey |
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| stemmatology | (noun) the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis) | Synonyms: stemmatics |
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| stingy | (adjective) unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.) | Synonyms: ungenerous |
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| (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy |
| stodgy | (adjective) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull | Synonyms: stuffy |
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| (adjective) heavy and starchy and hard to digest | - |
| (adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | Synonyms: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud |
| stogy | (noun) a cheap cigar | Synonyms: stogie |
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| strategy | (noun) an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Synonyms: scheme |
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| (noun) the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war | - |
| stringy | (adjective) consisting of or containing string or strings | - |
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| (adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads | Synonyms: ropey, ropy, thready |
| (adjective) lean and sinewy | Synonyms: wiry |
| (adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | Synonyms: fibrous, sinewy, unchewable |
| swingy | (adjective) characterized by a buoyant rhythm | Synonyms: lilting, swinging, tripping |
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| symbology | (noun) the study or the use of symbols and symbolism | - |
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| synergy | (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergism |
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| syzygy | (noun) the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system | - |
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| tangy | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tart |
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| tautology | (noun) useless and pointless repetition | - |
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| (noun) (logic) a statement that is necessarily true | - |
| technology | (noun) the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment | - |
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| (noun) machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences | - |
| (noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Synonyms: applied science, engineering, engineering science |
| teleology | (noun) (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes | - |
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| teratology | (noun) the branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism | - |
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