mycologist | (noun) a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi | - |
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mycophagist | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophage |
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mythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message as a myth | Synonyms: mythologization |
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mythologist | (noun) an expert on mythology | - |
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neologism | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase | Synonyms: coinage, neology |
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(noun) a newly invented word or phrase | Synonyms: coinage, neology |
neologist | (noun) a lexicographer of new words and expressions | - |
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neurobiologist | (noun) a specialist in neurobiology | - |
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neurologist | (noun) a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it | Synonyms: brain doctor |
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numerologist | (noun) a believer in numerology | - |
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numismatologist | (noun) a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collector, numismatist |
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oenologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, fermentologist |
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oncologist | (noun) a specialist in oncology | - |
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ophthalmologist | (noun) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye | Synonyms: eye doctor, oculist |
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ornithologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies birds | Synonyms: bird watcher |
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osteologist | (noun) an anatomist who is skilled in osteology | Synonyms: osteologer |
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otolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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otologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases | Synonyms: ear doctor, ear specialist |
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otorhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist |
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palaeontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, paleontologist |
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paleontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, palaeontologist |
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paralogism | (noun) an unintentionally invalid argument | - |
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parapsychologist | (noun) someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance | - |
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pathologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | Synonyms: diagnostician |
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penologist | (noun) a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management | - |
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perinatologist | (noun) an obstetrician specializing in perinatology | - |
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phalangist | (noun) a Spanish member of General Franco's political party | Synonyms: falangist |
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pharmacologist | (noun) someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects) | Synonyms: pharmaceutical chemist |
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philologist | (noun) a humanist specializing in classical scholarship | Synonyms: philologue |
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phlogiston | (noun) a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning | - |
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phonologist | (noun) a specialist in phonology | - |
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phrenologist | (noun) someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | Synonyms: craniologist |
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physiologist | (noun) a biologist specializing in physiology | - |
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phytologist | (noun) a biologist specializing in the study of plants | Synonyms: botanist, plant scientist |
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piggishness | (noun) an excessive desire for food | Synonyms: greediness, hoggishness |
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pomologist | (noun) someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees | - |
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priggishness | (noun) exaggerated and arrogant properness | Synonyms: primness |
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proctologist | (noun) a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus | - |
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protozoologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies protozoans | - |
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psephologist | (noun) a sociologist who studies election trends | - |
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psychologist | (noun) a scientist trained in psychology | - |
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pteridologist | (noun) an expert in the study of ferns | - |
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quislingism | (noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaboration, collaborationism |
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radiobiologist | (noun) a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms | - |
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radiologist | (noun) a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: radiotherapist |
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register | (noun) a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device | - |
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(noun) an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room | - |
(noun) a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill | Synonyms: cash register |
(noun) (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind | - |
(noun) (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments | - |
(noun) an official written record of names or events or transactions | Synonyms: registry |
(noun) a book in which names and transactions are listed | - |
registrant | (noun) a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby) | - |
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registrar | (noun) someone responsible for keeping records | Synonyms: record-keeper, recorder |
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(noun) the administrator responsible for student records | - |
(noun) a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company | - |
registration | (noun) the act of enrolling | Synonyms: enrollment, enrolment |
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(noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: adjustment, readjustment |
(noun) (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops | - |
(noun) a document certifying an act of registering | - |
(noun) the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time | Synonyms: enrollment |
registry | (noun) an official written record of names or events or transactions | Synonyms: register |
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rheumatologist | (noun) a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases | - |
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rhinolaryngologist | (noun) a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat | Synonyms: ear-nose-and-throat doctor, ENT man, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist |
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seismologist | (noun) a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth | - |
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serologist | (noun) a medical scientist who specializes in serology | - |
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sluggishness | (noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | Synonyms: flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm |
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(noun) the pace of things that move relatively slowly | - |
(noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | Synonyms: lassitude, lethargy |
sociobiologist | (noun) a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior | - |
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sociologist | (noun) a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society | - |
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spelaeologist | (noun) a person who explores caves | Synonyms: potholer, speleologist, spelunker |
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speleologist | (noun) a person who explores caves | Synonyms: potholer, spelaeologist, spelunker |
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strategist | (noun) an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) | Synonyms: strategian |
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suffragism | (noun) the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women) | - |
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suffragist | (noun) an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) | - |
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syllogiser | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogist, syllogizer |
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syllogism | (noun) deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | - |
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syllogist | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogiser, syllogizer |
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syllogistic | (noun) in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premises. | - |
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synergism | (noun) the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace | - |
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(noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergy |
synergist | (noun) a drug that augments the activity of another drug | - |
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technologist | (noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems | Synonyms: applied scientist, engineer |
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teleologist | (noun) advocate of teleology | - |
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thaumaturgist | (noun) one who practices magic or sorcery | Synonyms: magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard |
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theologiser | (noun) someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | Synonyms: theologian, theologist, theologizer |
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theologist | (noun) someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | Synonyms: theologian, theologiser, theologizer |
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toxicologist | (noun) one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment | - |
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tribologist | (noun) a specialist in tribology | - |
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uranologist | (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: astronomer, stargazer |
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urologist | (noun) a specialist in urology | - |
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virologist | (noun) a specialist in virology | - |
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waggishness | (noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggery |
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zoologist | (noun) a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals | Synonyms: animal scientist |
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