aerialist | (noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) | - |
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agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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amoralist | (noun) someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid | - |
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animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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annalist | (noun) a historian who writes annals | - |
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annalistic | (adjective) relating to annals | - |
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anomalist | (noun) someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases | - |
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arbalist | (noun) late version of the crossbow with a steel bow | Synonyms: arbalest |
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(noun) archer who uses an arbalest | - |
atonalistic | (adjective) of or relating to atonalism | - |
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automobilist | (noun) someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | Synonyms: motorist |
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ballista | (noun) ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones | Synonyms: bolt thrower |
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ballistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity | - |
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ballistics | (noun) the science of flight dynamics | - |
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(noun) the trajectory of an object in free flight | Synonyms: ballistic trajectory |
ballistocardiogram | (noun) a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph | - |
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ballistocardiograph | (noun) a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles | Synonyms: cardiograph |
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bibliopolist | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopole |
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bicyclist | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycler, biker, cyclist, wheeler |
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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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bimetallistic | (adjective) pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals | Synonyms: bimetallic |
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blacklist | (noun) a list of people who are out of favor | Synonyms: black book, shitlist |
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(verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted | - |
blister | (noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: bleb, bulla |
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(noun) (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin | - |
(noun) a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) | - |
(verb) get blistered | Synonyms: vesicate |
(verb) cause blisters to form on | - |
(verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: scald, scorch, whip |
blistering | (adjective) very fast; capable of quick response and great speed | Synonyms: hot, red-hot |
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(adjective) hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters | Synonyms: blistery |
(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
(noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: vesication, vesiculation |
blistery | (adjective) hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters | Synonyms: blistering |
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(adjective) covered with small blisters | Synonyms: blebby |
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 | - |
cabalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline |
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calisthenic | (adjective) of or relating to calisthenics | - |
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calisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: callisthenics |
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(noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: callisthenics |
callisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: calisthenics |
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(noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: calisthenics |
cannibalistic | (adjective) characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism | - |
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capitalist | (adjective) favoring or practicing capitalism | Synonyms: capitalistic |
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(adjective) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists | Synonyms: capitalistic |
(noun) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | - |
(noun) a conservative advocate of capitalism | - |
capitalistic | (adjective) favoring or practicing capitalism | Synonyms: capitalist |
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(adjective) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists | Synonyms: capitalist |
cellist | (noun) someone who plays a violoncello | Synonyms: violoncellist |
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centralist | (adjective) advocating centralization | Synonyms: centralistic |
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centralistic | (adjective) advocating centralization | Synonyms: centralist |
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checklist | (noun) a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted | - |
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clericalist | (noun) one who advocates clericalism | - |
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colonialist | (noun) a believer in colonialism | - |
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conceptualistic | (adjective) involving or characteristic of conceptualism | - |
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constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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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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cyclist | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycler, bicyclist, biker, wheeler |
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cymbalist | (noun) a performer on the cymbals | - |
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delist | (verb) remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange | - |
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diabolist | (noun) an adherent of Satan or Satanism | Synonyms: Satanist |
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dualist | (noun) an adherent of dualism | - |
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dualistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism | Synonyms: Manichaean |
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duelist | (noun) a person who fights duels | Synonyms: dueler, dueller, duellist |
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duellist | (noun) a person who fights duels | Synonyms: dueler, duelist, dueller |
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editorialist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: columnist |
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educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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enlist | (verb) join the military | - |
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(verb) engage somebody to enter the army | Synonyms: draft, muster in |
(verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: engage |
enlistee | (noun) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) | Synonyms: recruit |
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enlisting | (noun) the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) | Synonyms: recruitment |
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enlistment | (noun) the act of enlisting (as in a military service) | - |
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(noun) a period of time spent in military service | Synonyms: duty tour, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty |
environmentalist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: conservationist |
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evangelist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: gospeler, gospeller, revivalist |
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evangelistic | (adjective) relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel | - |
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(adjective) marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause | Synonyms: evangelical |
existentialist | (adjective) relating to or involving existentialism | - |
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(noun) a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable | Synonyms: existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher |
fabulist | (noun) a person who tells or invents fables | - |
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fatalist | (adjective) of or relating to fatalism | Synonyms: fatalistic |
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(noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
fatalistic | (adjective) of or relating to fatalism | Synonyms: fatalist |
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federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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feudalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism | Synonyms: feudal |
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finalist | (noun) a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition | - |
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formalistic | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalized |
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fossilist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontologist, paleontologist |
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funambulist | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walker |
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functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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fundamentalist | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents | Synonyms: fundamentalistic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism | Synonyms: fundamentalistic |
(noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
(noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
fundamentalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents | Synonyms: fundamentalist |
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(adjective) of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism | Synonyms: fundamentalist |
generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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glisten | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle |
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(verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glint, glitter, shine |
glistening | (adjective) reflecting light | Synonyms: glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny |
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glister | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glisten, glitter, scintillation, sparkle |
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glistering | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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hairstylist | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairdresser, styler, stylist |
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herbalist | (noun) a therapist who heals by the use of herbs | Synonyms: herb doctor |
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holistic | (adjective) emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole | - |
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idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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idealistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas | Synonyms: ideal |
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(adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime |
imperialist | (adjective) of or relating to imperialism | Synonyms: imperialistic |
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(noun) a believer in imperialism | - |
imperialistic | (adjective) of or relating to imperialism | Synonyms: imperialist |
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individualist | (adjective) marked by or expressing individuality | Synonyms: individualistic |
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(noun) a person who pursues independent thought or action | - |
individualistic | (adjective) with minimally restricted freedom in commerce | Synonyms: laissez-faire |
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(adjective) marked by or expressing individuality | Synonyms: individualist |
individualistically | (adverb) in an individualistic manner | - |
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industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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instrumentalist | (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: musician, player |
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internationalist | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalistic |
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(noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
(noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
internationalistic | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalist |
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journalist | (noun) a writer for newspapers and magazines | - |
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(noun) someone who keeps a diary or journal | Synonyms: diarist, diary keeper |
journalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism | - |
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journalistically | (adverb) by journalists | - |
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kabbalist | (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters | Synonyms: cabalist |
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kabbalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, qabalistic, sibylline |
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liberalist | (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberal, progressive |
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liberalistic | (adjective) having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority | - |
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list | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | Synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, tilt |
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(noun) a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | Synonyms: listing |
(verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: name |
(verb) enumerate | Synonyms: number |
(verb) tilt to one side | Synonyms: heel |
(verb) cause to lean to the side | Synonyms: lean |
(verb) include in a list | - |
listed | (adjective) on a list | - |
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