DYSTELEOLOGY

Definition: DYSTELEOLOGY

DYSTELEOLOGY

Noun

1. The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "DYSTELEOLOGY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Note: Dysteleology \Dys*te`le*ol"o*gy\, noun. [Prefix dys- teleology.]. (Websters 1913)

Rhyming with "DYSTELEOLOGY"

Words rhyming with "DYSTELEOLOGY" (pronounced 'Dys*te`le*ol"o*gy'): Aciurgy, Acology, Actinology, Adenology, Aerolithology, Aerology, Agnoiology, Agriology, Agrostology, Aitiology, Alethiology, Algology, Allotriophagy, Alogy, Amphibiology, Amphibology, Anagogy, Analogy, Anemology, Angelology, Angiology, Anthology, Anthropology, Anthropophagy, Antilogy, Apiology, Arachnology, Archaeology, Archelogy, Aretology, Aristology, Arteriology, Arthrology, Assyriology, Astrolithology, Astrology, Astrometeorology, Astrotheology, Atheology, Atmology, Atmospherology, Atomology, Autophagy, Bacteriology, Baggy, Balneology, Barology, Battology, Bibliology, Bibliopegy. (additional references)

Anagrams: DYSTELEOLOGY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-l-l-o-o-s-t-y-y"
	-3 letters: teleology.
	-4 letters: goldeyes, oldstyle.
	-5 letters: doolees, doyleys, geodesy, goldest, goldeye, loosely, stooged, stooled, toledos.
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