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581 words match “GIST”

RHINOLOGIST n.
One skilled in rhinology.
SACRILEGIST n.
One guilty of sacrilege.
SAINTOLOGIST n.
One who writes the lives of saints. [R.]
SELF-REGISTERING a.
Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.
SEMIPHLOGISTICATED a.
Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
SINOLOGIST n.
A sinilogue.
SOCIOLOGIST n.
One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology. J. S. Mill.
SPERMOLOGIST n.
One who treats of, or collects, seeds. Bailey.
SPHRAGISTICS n.
The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.
STRATEGIST n.
One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.
SUFFRAGIST n. 2 definitions
has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist. It is curious that . . . Louisa Castelefort should be obliged after her marriage immediately to open her doors and turn ultra liberal, or an universal suffragist. Miss Edgeworth.
SYLLOGISTIC; SYLLOGISTICAL a.
syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.
SYLLOGISTICALLY adv.
In a syllogistic manner.
SYMBOLOGIST n.
One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.
SYNERGIST n. 2 definitions
One who holds the doctrine of synergism.
SYNERGISTIC a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to synergism. "A synergistic view of regeneration." Shedd.
SYPHILOLOGIST n.
One skilled in syphilology.
TAUTOLOGIST n.
One who uses tautological words or phrases.
TECHNOLOGIST n.
One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.
TELEOLOGIST n.
One versed in teleology.
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