geognosy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ge=og=no=sy

CIDE DICTIONARY

geognosy, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + gnw^sis knowing, knowledge, fr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. géognosie.].

 That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution.

ROGET THESAURUS

geognosy

Inorganization

N inorganization, mineral world, mineral kingdom, unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter, mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, oryctology, oryctography, inorganic, inanimate, inorganized, lithoidal, azoic, mineral.