The ABC game

[Arne Saknussemm]

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:

Now there's a fine and honorable calling for a well intentioned young science person.

 

[cosmictraveler]

Vivisectionist.

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

Sorry, I can't resist:

Vulcanology: the study of Mr. Spock!

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

Vivisectionist.

Ah. You got in there just before me. Good for you. Here is a nice classy painting to go with yours.

Gabriel von Max: The Vivisectionist 1869.

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

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!

¡Ay ay ay. La flor es grande!​

 

[scheherazade]

Xylography - The art of engraving on wood.

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.

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

Yakitoriology

Once again our good friends the Japanese to the rescue (re: Japanology)

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'!

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

Zymurgy: the branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and distilling

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!

 

[NMSquirrel]

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..

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

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.

 

[NMSquirrel]

for some reason I imagine plankton from spongebob throwing a party..

 

[scheherazade]

Bloviate - To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

canitude: greyness; hoariness; whiteness
The first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude.

 

[scheherazade]

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.

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

Écorché (a human figure portrayed stripped of the skin)

...often follows defenestration after bloviating about auxotrophic mutants on a day not without considerable canitude! So beware!

 

[scheherazade]

Foinery -fencing or swordplay.

(Take a bow for using the first five arcane words in a sentence.)

 

[cosmictraveler]

galeanthropy belief that one is a cat

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

galeanthropy belief that one is a cat

So it's the opposite of 'felinity' - actually being a cat.

 

[Arne Saknussemm]

Foinery -fencing or swordplay.

(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."

 

[scheherazade]

Hippomania - an obsession with horses.

The following is a photo of my endurance mare, Caramel, learning how to perform the kneel.