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What are some words end with the suffix phy?

Here are some words ending in "-phy" along with their meanings:

Common words:

* autotrophy: the ability to produce food from inorganic substances

* biology: the study of living organisms

* biography: an account of a person's life written by someone else

* calligraphy: the art of beautiful handwriting

* chemistry: the study of matter and its properties

* geography: the study of the Earth's surface and its features

* geology: the study of the Earth's physical structure and history

* morphology: the study of the forms of things, especially words and organisms

* philosophy: the study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, and reason

* photography: the art or process of capturing images using light

* phylogeny: the evolutionary history of a species or group of organisms

* psychology: the study of the mind and behavior

* zoology: the study of animals

Less common words:

* anthropomorphy: the attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects

* bibliophy: the love of books

* cryptography: the art of writing or solving codes

* dendrophy: the study of trees

* ethnography: the study of people and their cultures

* hydrophy: a plant that lives in water

* lithography: a printing process using a flat surface treated with ink

* necrophy: the study of death

* ornithophy: the study of birds

* paleophy: the study of ancient life, especially fossils

* physiography: the physical geography of a region

* taxophy: the classification of organisms

* topography: the arrangement of the natural and artificial features of an area

* zoophy: an animal that resembles a plant

This list provides a variety of examples, but there are many more words ending in "-phy" that are not listed here.

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