Words that rhyme with criminologist
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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 -
anthologist
n 1: an editor who makes selections for an anthology -
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] -
biologist
n 1: (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms [syn: biologist, life scientist] -
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 -
cosmologist
n 1: an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe -
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 -
endocrinologist
n 1: physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system -
epidemiologist
n 1: a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases -
epistemologist
n 1: a specialist in epistemology -
ethnologist
n 1: an anthropologist who studies ethnology -
etymologist
n 1: a lexicographer who specializes in etymology -
eulogist
n 1: an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics [syn: eulogist, panegyrist] -
gerontologist
n 1: a specialist in gerontology [syn: gerontologist, geriatrician] -
graphologist
n 1: a specialist in inferring character from handwriting [syn: graphologist, handwriting expert] -
horologist
n 1: someone who makes or repairs watches [syn: watchmaker, horologist, horologer] -
hydrologist
n 1: a geologist skilled in hydrology -
immunologist
n 1: a medical scientist who specializes in immunology -
limnologist
n 1: a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes -
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 -
monologist
n 1: an entertainer who performs alone -
mythologist
n 1: an expert on mythology -
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] -
philologist
n 1: a humanist specializing in classical scholarship [syn: philologist, philologue] -
phrenologist
n 1: someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull [syn: phrenologist, craniologist] -
physiologist
n 1: a biologist specializing in physiology -
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 -
ventriloquist
n 1: a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy -
virologist
n 1: a specialist in virology -
oncologist
n 1: a specialist in oncology -
aerologist
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campanologist
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chronologist
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geochronologist
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kremlinologist
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soliloquist
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creatologist
See also criminologist definition
