Words that rhyme with criminologist

  • 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
  • campanologist
  • chronologist
  • geochronologist
  • kremlinologist
  • soliloquist
  • creatologist

See also criminologist definition