oryctology
noun
Roget 368: zoology, zoonomy†, zoography†, zootomy†; anatomy; comparative anatomy; animal physiology, comparative physiology; morphology; mammalogy. anthropology, ornithology, ichthyology, ... show more
Roget 358: mineral world, mineral kingdom; unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter. [Science of the mineral kingdom] mineralogy, geology, geognosy†, geoscopy†; metallurgy, metallography†; ... show more
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