| bilingualist | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingual |
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| bimetallist | (noun) an advocate of bimetallism | - |
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| biocatalyst | (noun) a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme | - |
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| biochemist | (noun) someone with special training in biochemistry | - |
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| biologist | (noun) (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms | Synonyms: life scientist |
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| biophysicist | (noun) a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology | - |
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| birdnest | (noun) nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young | Synonyms: bird's nest, bird nest |
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| blacklist | (noun) a list of people who are out of favor | Synonyms: black book, shitlist |
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| blast | (noun) a very long fly ball | - |
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| (noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, fire, flack, flak |
| (noun) an explosion (as of dynamite) | - |
| (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, bang, clap, eruption |
| (noun) a highly pleasurable or exciting experience | Synonyms: good time |
| (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blow, gust |
| blastocyst | (noun) the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred | Synonyms: blastodermic vessicle |
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| bloodlust | (noun) a desire for bloodshed | - |
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| boast | (noun) speaking of yourself in superlatives | Synonyms: boasting, jactitation, self-praise |
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| bombast | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, claptrap, fustian, rant |
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| bonavist | (noun) perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos | Synonyms: Dolichos lablab, Egyptian bean, hyacinth bean, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus |
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| boost | (noun) the act of giving hope or support to someone | Synonyms: encouragement |
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| (noun) the act of giving a push | - |
| (noun) an increase in cost | Synonyms: cost increase, hike, rise |
| botanist | (noun) a biologist specializing in the study of plants | Synonyms: phytologist, plant scientist |
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| bratwurst | (noun) a small pork sausage | Synonyms: brat |
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| breakfast | (noun) the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) | - |
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| breast | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest | - |
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| (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty |
| (noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: chest |
| (noun) meat carved from the breast of a fowl | Synonyms: white meat |
| broadcast | (noun) message that is transmitted by radio or television | - |
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| (noun) a radio or television show | Synonyms: program, programme |
| bugologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies insects | Synonyms: bug-hunter, entomologist |
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| burst | (noun) the act of exploding or bursting | Synonyms: explosion |
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| (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: fusillade, salvo, volley |
| (noun) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Synonyms: fit |
| (noun) a sudden intense happening | Synonyms: flare-up, outburst |
| bust | (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, tear |
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| (noun) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person | - |
| (noun) the chest of a woman | Synonyms: female chest |
| (noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: fizzle, flop |
| cabalist | (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters | Synonyms: kabbalist |
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| (noun) a member of a cabal | - |
| calligraphist | (noun) someone skilled in penmanship | Synonyms: calligrapher |
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| canoeist | (noun) someone paddling a canoe | Synonyms: paddler |
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| canonist | (noun) a specialist in canon law | - |
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| capitalist | (noun) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | - |
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| (noun) a conservative advocate of capitalism | - |
| 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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| careerist | (noun) a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity | - |
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| caricaturist | (noun) someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner | - |
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| cartoonist | (noun) a person who draws cartoons | - |
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| cast | (noun) the act of throwing dice | Synonyms: roll |
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| (noun) the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | Synonyms: casting |
| (noun) a violent throw | Synonyms: hurl |
| (noun) object formed by a mold | Synonyms: casting |
| (noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal | Synonyms: plaster bandage, plaster cast |
| (noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | Synonyms: mold, mould |
| (noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: form, shape |
| (noun) the actors in a play | Synonyms: cast of characters, dramatis personae |
| (noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: mold, mould, stamp |
| casuist | (noun) someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious | Synonyms: sophist |
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| catalyst | (noun) something that causes an important event to happen | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | Synonyms: accelerator |
| catechist | (noun) one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism) | - |
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| cellist | (noun) someone who plays a violoncello | Synonyms: violoncellist |
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| centrist | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist |
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| ceramicist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramist, potter, thrower |
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| ceramist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, potter, thrower |
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| chartist | (noun) a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities | Synonyms: technical analyst |
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| chauvinist | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer |
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| (noun) a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind | - |
| checklist | (noun) a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted | - |
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| chemist | (noun) a scientist who specializes in chemistry | - |
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| (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller |
| chest | (noun) box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy | - |
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| (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest of drawers, dresser |
| (noun) the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | Synonyms: pectus, thorax |
| (noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: breast |
| chiliast | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: millenarian, millenarist |
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| chiropodist | (noun) a specialist in care for the feet | Synonyms: foot doctor, podiatrist |
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| chloroplast | (noun) plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis | - |
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| christ | (noun) any expected deliverer | Synonyms: messiah |
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| chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
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| clarinetist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinettist |
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| clarinettist | (noun) a musician who plays the clarinet | Synonyms: clarinetist |
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| classicist | (noun) an artistic person who adheres to classicism | - |
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| (noun) a student of ancient Greek and Latin | Synonyms: classical scholar |
| clast | (noun) (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock | - |
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| clericalist | (noun) one who advocates clericalism | - |
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| climatologist | (noun) someone who is expert in climatology | - |
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| cloudburst | (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
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| coast | (noun) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | Synonyms: glide, slide |
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| (noun) the area within view | - |
| (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: sea-coast, seacoast, seashore |
| (noun) a slope down which sleds may coast | - |
| collaborationist | (noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborator, quisling |
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| collectivist | (noun) a person who belongs to the political left | Synonyms: left-winger, leftist |
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| colonialist | (noun) a believer in colonialism | - |
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| colonist | (noun) a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country | Synonyms: settler |
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| colorcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colourcast |
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| colorist | (noun) a painter able to achieve special effects with color | - |
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| colourcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colorcast |
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| columnist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: editorialist |
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| communist | (noun) a socialist who advocates communism | Synonyms: commie |
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| compost | (noun) a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer | - |
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| concertinist | (noun) a person who plays the concertina | - |
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| conchologist | (noun) a collector and student of mollusc shells | - |
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| conformist | (noun) someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) | - |
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| conquest | (noun) success in mastering something difficult | - |
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| (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation |
| (noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | Synonyms: seduction |
| conservationist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: environmentalist |
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| conservativist | (noun) a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | Synonyms: conservative |
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| constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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| constructivist | (noun) an artist of the school of constructivism | - |
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| contest | (noun) a struggle between rivals | - |
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| (noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | Synonyms: competition |
| contortionist | (noun) an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions | - |
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| contrabandist | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler |
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| contrapuntist | (noun) a composer who specializes in counterpoint | - |
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| contrast | (noun) the act of distinguishing by comparing differences | - |
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| (noun) the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) | - |
| (noun) the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors | - |
| (noun) a conceptual separation or distinction | Synonyms: demarcation, dividing line, line |
| (noun) the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared | Synonyms: direct contrast |
| controversialist | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: disputant, eristic |
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| conversationalist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationist, schmoozer |
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| conversationist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, schmoozer |
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| copyist | (noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | Synonyms: scribe, scrivener |
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| coreligionist | (noun) someone having the same religion as another person | - |
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| cornetist | (noun) a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet | Synonyms: trumpeter |
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| corporatist | (noun) a supporter of corporatism | - |
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| cosmetologist | (noun) an expert in the use of cosmetics | - |
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| cosmographist | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographer |
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| cosmologist | (noun) an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe | - |
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| cost | (noun) the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) | Synonyms: monetary value, price |
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| (noun) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something | Synonyms: price, toll |
| (noun) the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor | - |
| counterblast | (noun) a vigorous and unrestrained response | - |
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| counterrevolutionist | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary |
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| counterterrorist | (noun) someone who attempts to prevent terrorism | - |
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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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| crest | (noun) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal | - |
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| (noun) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet | - |
| (noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crown |
| (noun) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave | - |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crown, peak, summit, tip, top |
| criminologist | (noun) a specialist in criminology | - |
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| crust | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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| (noun) the outer layer of the Earth | Synonyms: Earth's crust |
| (noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: encrustation, incrustation |
| cryptanalyst | (noun) decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms | Synonyms: cryptographer, cryptologist |
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