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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
1. Vitality
1. Vitality in general

357. Organization.

   NOUN:ORGANIZATION, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature; living beings; organic remains; organism, bion [physiological individual]; morphon [morphological individual]; biota, animal and plant life, fauna and flora.
  FOSSILS, fossilization, lapidification, petrification, petrifaction, paleontology or palæontology, paleozoölogy or palæozoölogy; paleontologist or palæontologist.
  [SCIENCE OF LIVING BEINGS] biology, natural history; 1zoölogy [See Zoölogy]; botany [See Botany]; physiology, anatomy, cytology, embryology, organic chemistry, morphology; promorphology, tectology; cell theory or cellular theory, evolution, metabolism; abiogenesis, spontaneous generation; archigenesis (production) [See Production]; biotaxy, ecology or œcology, ontogeny, phylogeny, polymorphism, oxidation, invagination, vertebration.
  Darwinism, Lamarckism, neo-Lamarckism, Weismannism.
  NATURALIST, biologist, zoölogist, botanist, bacteriologist, embryologist, Darwinian.
  PROTOPLASM, plasma or plasm, cytoplasm, metaplasm, karyoplasm, bioplasm, trophoplasm, idioplasm; cell, proteid, protein, albumen, albumin, albuminoid; structure [See Texture]; chromatin; centrosome, nucleolus, karyosome, vacuole, chromosome; protoplast, protozoan, amœba; karyaster, erythroblast, dysmeromorph, antherozoid.
  OVUM, oösperm, zygote, oösphere, oöcyte, oœcium, ovicell, oögonium; oöphyte, oöspore, oögamy, heterogamy, isogamy, oögenesis; gamete, gametophore, gametophyte, sporophyte, sporocyte, sporocyst, sporocarp, cystocarp, sporogonium, sporozoite, gametangium, antheridium or antherid; macrospore, megasporangium; microspore, microsporangium; biophore; spermatozoid, zoöspore, macrogamete, microgamete, spermatozoön, spermatium, spermatia, spermatocyte, spermatogenesis, spermatophore, spermatozoid, spermatozooid; spermogonium, spermary, sperm gland, testis, testicle, ovary; germ cell, blastoderm, mesoblast or mesoplast, meroblast (opp. to holoblast); germinal matter, biogenesis or biogeny, germ plasm or germ plasma, zoöglœa, zooid.
   VERB:ORGANIZE, systematize, form, arrange, construct.
  FOSSILIZE, petrify, lapidify, mummify.
   ADJECTIVE:ORGANIC, organized; biotic, zooid, zooidal.
  FOSSILIZED, petrified, petrifactive, lapidified; paleontologic, paleontological or palæontological, paleozoölogical or palæozoölogical.
  PROTOPLASMIC, plasmatic or plasmic, cytoplasmic, metaplasmic, karyoplasmic, bioplasmic, trophoplasmic, idioplasmic; cellular, cellulous; proteid, proteinaceous, albuminous or albuminose, albuminoidal, structural; nuclear, nucleate, nucleolar, nucleolate or nucleolated; vacuolar, protoplastic, protozoan, amœbic, amœboid.
  OVARIAN, oviferous, oviparous (opp. to viviparous), ovicular; oöphytic, oösporic, oösporous, oögamous, heterogamous (opp. to autogamous or isogamous); gamic, sporogenous, spermatic, spermatogenetic, spermatoid, spermatophoral, spermatozoal; blastodermic, mesoblastic (opp. to holoblastic), biogenetic, germinal; zoöglœic, zoöglœoid; unsegmentic, diœcious or diecious (opp. to monœcious or monecious).