electrotherapist | (noun) someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity | - |
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epistasis | (noun) the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene | Synonyms: hypostasis |
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epistaxis | (noun) bleeding from the nose | Synonyms: nosebleed |
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episteme | (noun) the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time | - |
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epistemologist | (noun) a specialist in epistemology | - |
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epistemology | (noun) the philosophical theory of knowledge | - |
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epistle | (noun) a specially long, formal letter | - |
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epistrophe | (noun) repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. | Synonyms: epiphora |
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escapist | (noun) a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | Synonyms: dreamer, wishful thinker |
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harpist | (noun) someone who plays the harp | Synonyms: harper |
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landscapist | (noun) someone who paints landscapes | - |
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(noun) someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively | Synonyms: landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper |
microscopist | (noun) a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes | - |
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misanthropist | (noun) someone who dislikes people in general | Synonyms: misanthrope |
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opisthorchiasis | (noun) infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia | - |
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opisthotonos | (noun) severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back | - |
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orthoepist | (noun) a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely) | - |
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papist | (noun) an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy | - |
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philanthropist | (noun) someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being | Synonyms: altruist |
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physiotherapist | (noun) therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder | Synonyms: physical therapist |
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pipistrel | (noun) small European brown bat | Synonyms: pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
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pipistrelle | (noun) small European brown bat | Synonyms: pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
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pistachio | (noun) nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel | Synonyms: pistachio nut |
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(noun) small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts | Synonyms: pistachio tree, Pistacia vera |
piste | (noun) a ski run densely packed with snow | - |
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(noun) a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts | - |
pistia | (noun) pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes | Synonyms: Pistia stratiotes, Pistia stratoites, water cabbage, water lettuce |
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pistil | (noun) the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma | - |
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pistillode | (noun) a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower | - |
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pistol | (noun) a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | Synonyms: handgun, shooting iron, side arm |
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pistoleer | (noun) someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed) | - |
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piston | (noun) mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion | Synonyms: plunger |
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pistonphone | (noun) an acoustical calibrator (sound source) that uses a closed coupling volume to generate a precise sound pressure for the calibration of measurement microphones. | - |
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psychotherapist | (noun) a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders | Synonyms: clinical psychologist |
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radiotherapist | (noun) a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease | Synonyms: radiologist |
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rapist | (noun) someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse | Synonyms: raper |
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therapist | (noun) a person skilled in a particular type of therapy | Synonyms: healer |
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typist | (noun) someone paid to operate a typewriter | - |
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