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Morphology

That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

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Accidence 76% connected

The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.

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Anatomy 76% connected

The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dis…

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Lithology 76% connected

The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

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Petrology 76% connected

The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.

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Tectonics 76% connected

The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are de…

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Biology 76% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

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Grammar 76% connected

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the…

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Morphological 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology.

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Morphological 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology.

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Linguistics 84% connected

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

linguistics essentials 25% interchangeable

The study of word structure.

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