Wow Scheherazade, I was going to do telmatology and add just such a picture, but it didn't feel like my turn. Well done. You too Enmos. Nice rant. So next is...underwater knitting - no wait! Did that already. How about...... UROLGY! No, I'm just taking the piss (pun intended) Here then is Urenology: the study of rust molds: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Now there's a fine and honorable calling for a well intentioned young science person.
Sorry, I can't resist: Vulcanology: the study of Mr. Spock! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Ah. You got in there just before me. Good for you. Here is a nice classy painting to go with yours. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Gabriel von Max: The Vivisectionist 1869.
Correct me if I am wrong please, but I don't think there is a W scientific pursuit. So let's take a moment to honor a little fellah that has been toiling in the field of botany literally for millions of years: The Worker Bee! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ¡Ay ay ay. La flor es grande!
Xylography - The art of engraving on wood. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! We may consider this post both X and Y as I do not believe there is an opportunity for Y. Others may prove me wrong. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Yakitoriology Once again our good friends the Japanese to the rescue (re: Japanology) Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Well, I wasn't trying for the 'Z' so I could choose the next topic, but I've met Scheherzade's challenge, so here goes nothin'!
Zymurgy: the branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and distilling Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! So I choose the arcane as the next topic: a science or whatever, it just has to be a very unusual word, like 'apanthropinization', for instance. Don't ask me what it means. Look it up yourself as it is not the official 'A' word for the next round. It just happens to start with an A by chance. I am not obliged to explain it or picture it. Sorry. Let's proceed! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Auxotrophic mutant: A mutant strain of microorganism that will proliferate only when the medium is supplemented with some specific substance not required by wild-type organisms. dunno how to pic this..
That's fine squirrel. I don't think anyone really wants to see a picture of a mutant strain of microorganism that will proliferate only when the medium is supplemented with some specific substance not required by wild-type organisms, or even one which a specific substance not required by wild-type organisms is not supplemented. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Bloviate - To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
canitude: greyness; hoariness; whiteness The first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
defenestration - 1. The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window. 2. High profile removal of a person from an organization. It is inevitable that when corporations merge, there will be sure and swift defenestration. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Écorché (a human figure portrayed stripped of the skin) Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ...often follows defenestration after bloviating about auxotrophic mutants on a day not without considerable canitude! So beware!
Foinery -fencing or swordplay. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! (Take a bow for using the first five arcane words in a sentence.)
Reminds me of an Al Franken line: "If there were a swashbuckling school, one class would be jumping up on top of things and laughing."
Hippomania - an obsession with horses. The following is a photo of my endurance mare, Caramel, learning how to perform the kneel. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
