| aetiologist | (noun) a specialist in the etiology of diseases | Synonyms: etiologist |
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| allergist | (noun) a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies | - |
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| analogist | (noun) someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy | - |
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| anesthesiologist | (noun) a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated | Synonyms: anaesthetist, anesthetist |
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| angiologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in angiology | - |
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| anthologist | (noun) an editor who makes selections for an anthology | - |
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| anthropologist | (noun) a social scientist who specializes in anthropology | - |
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| apologist | (noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | Synonyms: justifier, vindicator |
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| archaeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archeologist |
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| archeologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | Synonyms: archaeologist |
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| astrologist | (noun) someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon | Synonyms: astrologer |
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| bacteriologist | (noun) a biologist who studies bacteria | - |
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| biologist | (noun) (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms | Synonyms: life scientist |
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| bugologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies insects | Synonyms: bug-hunter, entomologist |
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| cardiologist | (noun) a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart | Synonyms: heart specialist, heart surgeon |
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| climatologist | (noun) someone who is expert in climatology | - |
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| conchologist | (noun) a collector and student of mollusc shells | - |
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| cosmetologist | (noun) an expert in the use of cosmetics | - |
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| cosmologist | (noun) an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe | - |
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| craniologist | (noun) someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | Synonyms: phrenologist |
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| criminologist | (noun) a specialist in criminology | - |
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| cryptologist | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptanalyst, cryptographer |
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| cytologist | (noun) a biologist who studies the structure and function of cells | - |
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| dermatologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin | Synonyms: skin doctor |
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| druggist | (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, chemist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller |
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| ecologist | (noun) a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment | - |
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| electrologist | (noun) someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots | - |
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| elegist | (noun) the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead | - |
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| embryologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in embryology | - |
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| endocrinologist | (noun) physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system | - |
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| enologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: fermentologist, oenologist |
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| entomologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies insects | Synonyms: bug-hunter, bugologist |
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| enzymologist | (noun) a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology | - |
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| epidemiologist | (noun) a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases | - |
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| epistemologist | (noun) a specialist in epistemology | - |
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| escapologist | (noun) an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping | Synonyms: escape expert |
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| eschatologist | (noun) a theologian who specializes in eschatology | - |
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| ethnologist | (noun) an anthropologist who studies ethnology | - |
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| ethologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats | - |
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| etiologist | (noun) a specialist in the etiology of diseases | Synonyms: aetiologist |
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| etymologist | (noun) a lexicographer who specializes in etymology | - |
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| eulogist | (noun) an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics | Synonyms: panegyrist |
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| falangist | (noun) a Spanish member of General Franco's political party | Synonyms: phalangist |
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| fermentologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, oenologist |
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| gastroenterologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy | - |
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| geologist | (noun) a specialist in geology | - |
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| gerontologist | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: geriatrician |
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| gist | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence |
| graphologist | (noun) a specialist in inferring character from handwriting | Synonyms: handwriting expert |
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| gynaecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynecologist, woman's doctor |
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| gynecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecologist, woman's doctor |
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| haematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematologist |
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| hagiologist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiographist |
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| hematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematologist |
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| herpetologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians | - |
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| histologist | (noun) anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues | - |
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| horologist | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, watchmaker |
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| hydrologist | (noun) a geologist skilled in hydrology | - |
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| ichthyologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies fishes | - |
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| ideologist | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologue |
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| immunologist | (noun) a medical scientist who specializes in immunology | - |
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| lepidopterologist | (noun) an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths | Synonyms: butterfly collector, lepidopterist |
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| lexicologist | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicographer |
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| limnologist | (noun) a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes | - |
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| liturgist | (noun) an authority on liturgies | - |
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| malacologist | (noun) a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks | - |
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| mammalogist | (noun) one skilled in the study of mammals | - |
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| metallurgist | (noun) an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals | Synonyms: metallurgical engineer |
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| meteorologist | (noun) a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions | - |
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| microbiologist | (noun) a specialist in microbiology | - |
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| mineralogist | (noun) a scientist trained in mineralogy | - |
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| mixologist | (noun) an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | Synonyms: barkeep, barkeeper, bartender |
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| monologist | (noun) an entertainer who performs alone | - |
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| musicologist | (noun) a student of musicology | - |
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| 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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| mythologist | (noun) an expert on mythology | - |
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| 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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| 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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