morphology

English Thesaurus

1. the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	biological science, biology,
definition	:	the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	anatomy, general anatomy,
definition	:	the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals (noun.cognition)

2. the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	geophysical science, geophysics,
definition	:	geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics, tectonics,
definition	:	the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	lithology, petrology,
definition	:	the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification (noun.cognition)

3. the admissible arrangement of sounds in words (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	structure,
definition	:	the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	affixation,
definition	:	the result of adding an affix to a root word (noun.cognition)

4. studies of the rules for forming admissible words (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	grammar,
definition	:	the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	accidence, inflectional morphology,
definition	:	the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	derivational morphology,
definition	:	the part of grammar that deals with the derivations of words (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	compound morphology,
definition	:	the part of grammar that deals with combinations of simple words into compound words (noun.cognition)

5. the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	morphologic, morphological, structural,
definition	:	relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals (adj.pert)

6. the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural,
definition	:	pertaining to geological structure (adj.pert)

7. the admissible arrangement of sounds in words (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	morphologic, morphological, morphologic, morphological,
definition	:	relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language (adj.pert)

8. the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	morphologic, morphological, structural,
definition	:	relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals (adj.pert)

9. the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural,
definition	:	pertaining to geological structure (adj.pert)

10. the admissible arrangement of sounds in words (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	morphologic, morphological, morphologic, morphological,
definition	:	relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language (adj.pert)