Words that rhyme with biologist

  • adjust
    v 1: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, set, correct] 2: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up, adjust] [ant: skew] 3: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: adjust, conform, adapt] 4: make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness" 5: decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
  • anthropologist
    n 1: a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
  • apologist
    n 1: a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn: apologist, vindicator, justifier]
  • archaeologist
    n 1: an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture [syn: archeologist, archaeologist]
  • cardiologist
    n 1: a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart [syn: cardiologist, heart specialist, heart surgeon]
  • climatologist
    n 1: someone who is expert in climatology
  • criminologist
    n 1: a specialist in criminology
  • dermatologist
    n 1: a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin [syn: dermatologist, skin doctor]
  • ecologist
    n 1: a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
  • embryologist
    n 1: a physician who specializes in embryology
  • entomologist
    n 1: a zoologist who studies insects [syn: entomologist, bugologist, bug-hunter]
  • epidemiologist
    n 1: a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases
  • geologist
    n 1: a specialist in geology
  • gerontologist
    n 1: a specialist in gerontology [syn: gerontologist, geriatrician]
  • ideologist
    n 1: an advocate of some ideology [syn: ideologist, ideologue]
  • immunologist
    n 1: a medical scientist who specializes in immunology
  • meteorologist
    n 1: a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
  • microbiologist
    n 1: a specialist in microbiology
  • mineralogist
    n 1: a scientist trained in mineralogy
  • musicologist
    n 1: a student of musicology
  • neurologist
    n 1: a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it [syn: neurologist, brain doctor]
  • ophthalmologist
    n 1: a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye [syn: ophthalmologist, eye doctor, oculist]
  • optimist
    n 1: a person disposed to take a favorable view of things [ant: pessimist]
  • pathologist
    n 1: a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis [syn: diagnostician, pathologist]
  • physiologist
    n 1: a biologist specializing in physiology
  • psychologist
    n 1: a scientist trained in psychology
  • radiobiologist
    n 1: a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms
  • radiologist
    n 1: a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease [syn: radiologist, radiotherapist]
  • seismologist
    n 1: a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth
  • serologist
    n 1: a medical scientist who specializes in serology
  • sociologist
    n 1: a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
  • technologist
    n 1: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems [syn: engineer, applied scientist, technologist]
  • toxicologist
    n 1: one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment
  • urologist
    n 1: a specialist in urology
  • virologist
    n 1: a specialist in virology
  • zoologist
    n 1: a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals [syn: zoologist, animal scientist]
  • oncologist
    n 1: a specialist in oncology
  • gynecologist
    n 1: a specialist in gynecology [syn: gynecologist, gynaecologist, woman's doctor]
  • archeologist
    n 1: an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture [syn: archeologist, archaeologist]
  • audiologist
  • glaciologist
  • kremlinologist

See also biologist definition and biologist synonyms