n. [ LL abacista, fr. abacus. ] One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a hook + &unr_; shape. ] Hook-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cista box, chest, Gr. &unr_; Cf. Chest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. Cistercium. F. Cîteaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France: cf. F. cistercien. ] (Eccl.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. --
n. [ OE. cisterne, OF. cisterne, F. cisterne, fr. L. cisterna, fr. cista box, chest. See Cist, and cf. chest. ]
a. See Cystic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and northern Africa.
n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. of or pertaining to classicism;
n. [ F. décistère; pref. déci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + stère a stere. ] (Metric System) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An empiric. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who favors etacism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. exorcista, Gr.
Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists. Acts xix. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up
My mortified spirit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an adherent of fascism or similar right-wing authoritarian views. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a scientist who specializes in genetics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a specialist in geology.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; adj., material, fr. &unr_; wood, matter. ] A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a plant growing on the roots of the Cistus. ] An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the
n. [ Cf. F. itaciste. ] One who is in favor of itacism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Someone in love with themselves; a narcissist.
n. an advocate of neoclassicism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. A scientist specializing in nuclear physics. [ PJC ]
n. A pacifist.
n. One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist; an apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One versed in physics. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A polemic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A political writer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. publiciste. ] A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Whig leaders, however, were much more desirous to get rid of Episcopacy than to prove themselves consummate publicists and logicians. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Gr. Antiq.) One two danced the pyrrhic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A romancer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. J. R. Seeley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] One who commits a solecism. Blackwall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Solecistical. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect. “He thought it made the language solecistical and absurd.” Blackwall. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a solecistic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts. [ 1913 Webster ]