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(Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who believes in; one who is engaged in; someone who does something)
Someone who specializes in the study of minerals that are important to farming and horticulture: The agrogeologist is especially interested in the relationships of soil fertility and the various fertilizer components.
Anyone who participates in the production, processing, and packaging of food on a large-scale: Agroindustrialists strive to provide the best quality of packaged food products that is possible.
An specialist in the science of agricultural production; a professional agriculturist: Dr. Williams was an expert agrologist who explored soils and their possible productivity for future use. .
A person who studies or is an expert in crop production and soil science: The famed agronomist worked for the government farm management department.
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An individual who is skilled in the study of grasses: Mr. and Mrs. Cotton had a gorgeous lawn in front of their large house due to the fact that Mr. Cotton was an agrostologist who knew exactly what kind of grass to have and how to take special care of it throughout the year.
albinistic, albinotic (adjective); more albinist, most albinist; more albinotic, most albinotic
Referring to an organism affected with albinism: In botany class, Sharon learned that even plants, or parts of plants, could be albinistic when they lack chlorophyll giving them a pink color.
alchemist
Someone who studies or practices alchemy.
A person who suffers from alcoholism: An alcoholist abuses or is dependent upon alcohol.
algist
One who studies algae.
A specialist in the scientific study of algae; a phyologist:
A person who specializes in the study of pain: Mr. Cartwright decided to go to an algologist hoping to find out what could relieve the pain he was experiencing.
allogorist
1. Someone who makes representations of abstract ideas or principles with characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
2. Anyone who uses stories, pictures, or who employs such representations: "John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are considered to be allegories.
3. A symbolic representation: "The blindfolded figure holding scales is an allegory of justice."
2. Anyone who uses stories, pictures, or who employs such representations: "John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are considered to be allegories.
3. A symbolic representation: "The blindfolded figure holding scales is an allegory of justice."
Someone who practices alternative medicine or a therapeutic system in which a disease is treated by producing a second condition that is incompatible with or antagonistic to the first (homeopathy): Mr. Simmons was an allopathist who treated Mary's symptoms of her ailment with a substance that caused the opposite effect.
Someone who studies the science of letters of a language, arranged in the order fixed by custom, and the system of characters or symbols representing sounds or things.
1. Those who believe in and who practice an unselfish concern for the welfare of others: The charitable acts by the altruists were motivated purely by a real concern for those who needed help during the flooding.
2. Etymology: from Latin alteri, a form of alter, "other, another".
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2. Etymology: from Latin alteri, a form of alter, "other, another".
