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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



581 words match “GIST”

PANTOPHAGIST n.
A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.
PATHOLOGIST n.
One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.
PENOLOGIST n.
One versed in, or a student of, penology.
PETROLOGIST n.
One who is versed in petrology.
PHALANGIST n.
Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.
PHALANGISTER; PHALANGISTINE n.
Same as Phalangist.
PHARMACOLOGIST n.
One skilled in pharmacology.
PHILOLOGIST n.
One versed in philology.
PHLOGISTIAN n.
A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
PHLOGISTIC a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.
PHLOGISTICAL a.
Phlogistic.
PHLOGISTICATE v.
To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances.
PHLOGISTICATION n.
The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
PHLOGISTON n.
The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.
PHONOLOGIST n.
One versed in phonology.
PHOTOLOGIST n.
One who studies or expounds the laws of light.
PHRASEOLOGIST n.
A collector or coiner of phrases.
PHRENOLOGIST n.
One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.
PHYSIOLOGIST n.
One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.
PHYTOLITHOLOGIST n.
One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
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