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a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ

group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)

follower of Baptistic doctrines

group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination

a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

a list of names of specially favored people

a believer in abiogenesis

a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies

pertaining to the principle of unrestricted government power

not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

a person who provides musical accompaniment

a person who provides musical accompaniment

a musician who plays the accordion

someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)

someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil

an expert in soil management and field-crop production

a person who alarms others needlessly

a mathematician whose specialty is algebra

a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness

a musician who plays the alto saxophone

someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid

one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love

adherent of Anabaptism

a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated

someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy

an expert in anatomy

a person skilled in telling anecdotes

a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated

a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated

of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism

a historian who writes annals

someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases

an editor who makes selections for an anthology

the adversary of Christ mentioned in the New Testament

someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women

a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms

a farmer who keeps bees for their honey

a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture

an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

someone trained in forestry

a specialist in treating damaged trees

an expert or collector of antiquities

an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture

persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure

person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

someone who predicts the future using the position of stars and planets

an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile

someone who flies a balloon

a musician who plays the lowest-pitched string instrument

a musician who plays the bassoon

of or relating to behaviorism

a dealer in secondhand books

someone who engages in bibliotics

a person who rides a bike

someone who marries one person while already legally married to another

an advocate of bimetallism

someone with special training in biochemistry

a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology

a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party

perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

the earliest form of bridge

one who follows the teachings of Buddha

a zoologist who studies insects

a member of a cabal

someone skilled in penmanship

an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin

someone paddling a canoe

pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"

a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity

someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner

a person who draws humorous or satirical drawings

someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism

a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something

someone who plays a violoncello

advocating centralization

a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities

a list of items to be checked or consulted

a specialist in care for the feet

any expected deliverer

a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy

a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family

a musician who plays the clarinet

a musician who plays the clarinet

a student of ancient Greek and Latin

one who advocates clericalism

an expert in long-term weather patterns

someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively

a believer in colonialism

a painter able to achieve special effects with color

a collector and student of mollusc shells

a believer in the teachings of Confucius

of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church

an advocate of constitutional government

an artist of the school of constructivism

someone who imports or exports without paying duties

a composer who specializes in counterpoint

a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

someone skilled at conversation

someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

someone having the same religion as another person

a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet

of or relating to corporatism

an expert in the use of cosmetics

a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography

an astronomer who studies the evolution of the universe

a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution

intended to prevent terrorism

someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull

a specialist in criminology

someone skilled in devising, analyzing, or deciphering codes

a member of a religious cult

a performer on the cymbals

a geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity

a biologist who studies the structure and function of cells

of or relating to or characteristic of a czar

of or concerned with the philosophical theory of literature known as deconstructionism

someone skilled at informal chitchat

a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it

remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange

someone trained to provide preventive dental service

a person qualified to practice dentistry

someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)

anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

an ideological defector from the party line

an adherent of Satan or Satanism

someone who keeps a diary or journal

an official engaged in international negotiations

a painter who introduces distortions

someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

an adherent of Donatism

a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs

an adherent of dualism

of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism

a person who fights duels

a person who fights duels

a form of whist with three players

an economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods

a journalist who writes editorials

a specialist in the theory of education

a specialist in the theory of education

a conceited and self-centered person

an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology

someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots

someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity

the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead

a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery

a reformer who favors abolishing slavery

a physician who specializes in embryology

a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism

a person who compiles information for encyclopedias

a person who compiles information for encyclopedias

physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system

a specialist in wine making

a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology

an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping

a theologian who specializes in eschatology

a philosopher who specializes in ethics

a scientist who studies various aspects of human beings

a lexicographer who specializes in etymology

a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine

an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics

a tourist who is visiting sights of interest

someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention

a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable

a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth

one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church

of or involving or guided by expansionism

an artist who is an adherent of expressionism

a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

a person who subscribes to a variety of fads

a Spanish member of General Franco's political party

a creator of fantasies

a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism

a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog

a specialist in wine making

one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)

a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader

a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition

a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm

someone who plays the flute

someone who plays the flute

a specialist in paleontology

a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs

an adherent of functionalism

someone who predicts the future

a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba

a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

an expert in genealogy

group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)

a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests

a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth

a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature

a specialist in gerontology

a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries

a specialist in inferring character from handwriting

grain intended to be or that has been ground

a musician who plays the guitar

member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy

a specialist in gynecology

the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography

the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography

someone who cuts or beautifies hair

at a tremendous rate

someone who plays the harp

someone who plays the harpsichord

linguist specializing in the Hebrew language

a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs

of or relating to heraldry

a therapist who heals by the use of herbs

an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues

a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder)

a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure

a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)

someone who makes or repairs watches

an expert in the science of growing plants

someone concerned with the interests and welfare of people

someone who acts, speaks, or writes in an amusing way

a geologist skilled in hydrology

a medical specialist in hygiene

a person who induces hypnosis

a zoologist who studies fishes

an advocate of some ideology

a medical scientist who specializes in immunology

of or relating to imperialism

relating to or characteristic of Impressionism

of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning

someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise

someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

influenced by or advocating internationalism

a specialist in internal medicine

of or relating to intuitionism

a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

an advocate of irredentism

someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion

a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies

of or relating to isolationism

relating to or characteristic of Jainism

an advocate of Jansenism

an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters

a musician who plays a keyboard instrument

(Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism

someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively

an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them

a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones

a person who commits larceny

a specialist in the Latin language

an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

a compiler or writer of a dictionary

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority

(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms

a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes

a database containing an ordered array of items

the selling price of something as stated in a catalogue or price list; often subject to discounts

based on the principle of proportional representation

an authority on liturgies

someone given to disputes over words

a card game for four players who form two partnerships

chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers

a musician who plays the lute

a musician who plays the lute

a musician who plays the lute

a person who writes the words for songs

a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

a singer of madrigals

an adherent of Mahdism

a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks

one skilled in the study of mammals

a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails

of or relating to Maoism

someone with great regard for material possessions

a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism

someone who has won a medal

someone who has won a medal

someone who pushes to improve something by changing it

someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly

a person who induces hypnosis

an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals

a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church

a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes

a person who advocates war or warlike policies

a person who believes in the coming of the millennium

a scientist trained in mineralogy

someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail

someone who dislikes people in general

a person who hates, avoids, or opposes marriage

a thin fog with condensation near the ground

adherent of Mithraism

an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

a person who takes a position in the political center

an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles

slightly wet

an advocate of the principles of monarchy

an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money

someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)

someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)

an entertainer who performs alone

someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something

a believer in one god

a traveler who rides a motorcycle

someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile

a painter of murals

a student of musicology

a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)

an expert on mythology

someone in love with themselves

relating to a form of socialism

one who loves and defends his or her country

a philosopher who subscribes to nativism

a biologist knowledgeable about natural history

a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion

someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

relating to or advocating neoclassicism

a lexicographer of new words and expressions

an adherent of Neoplatonism

a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends

a specialist in neurobiology

an advocate of neutrality in international affairs

winner of a Nobel prize

someone who walks about in their sleep

a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism

a member of the American Baptist Convention

a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion

a believer in numerology

a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)

a musician who plays the oboe

a person who is deliberately vague

someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take

a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts

a poet who writes odes

a specialist in wine making

a specialist in petroleum geology

a person who practices masturbation

a specialist in oncology

of or relating to or espousing operationalism

a person who plays an organ

a specialist in oriental subjects

a supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV

someone who decorates

a practitioner of orthoepy

a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)

a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)

a specialist in orthoptics

an anatomist who is skilled is osteology

a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles

a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat

a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases

a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat

someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics

fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms

an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics

a member of a panel

of or relating to pantheism

an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

of or relating to or supporting Romanism

a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute

someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance

mimics literary or musical style for comic effect

group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination

an advocate of partitioning a country

someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks

a specialist in the care of babies

a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth

a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management

any member of a Pentecostal religious body

a musician who plays percussion instruments

a specialist in petroleum geology

a Spanish member of General Franco's political party

someone trained in the science of drugs

someone trained in the science of drugs

an admirer of Greece and everything Greek

a humanist specializing in classical scholarship

someone who practices phlebotomy

a specialist in phonology

a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs

someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull

therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder

a scientist who studies how living organisms function

therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder

a chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants

a biologist specializing in the study of plants

a person who plays the piano

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

an advocate of Platonism

a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio

someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society

of the doctrine that reality consists of basic substances

of or relating to pointillism

a writer who argues in opposition to others

a social scientist specializing in the study of government

a woman with two or more husbands

a man with two or more wives

one who believes in a plurality of gods

someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees

a painter or drawer of portraits

of or relating to positivism

an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism

of or relating to postmodernism

anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time

a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time

someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas

a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled

a listing of prices for different goods or services

a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus

a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

the person who operates the projector in a movie house

a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government

an expert in prosthetics

a dentist who is expert in prosthodontics

an advocate of protectionism

free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes

a zoologist who studies protozoans

a composer of sacred songs

a sociologist who studies election trends

a psychologist trained in psychophysics

a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders

an expert in the study of ferns

someone who publicizes

a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

a religious mystic who follows quietism

a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others

a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms

a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry

a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease

a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease

someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

extremely conservative

a musician who gives recitals

someone who pushes to improve something by changing it

a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot

a member of a military reserve

someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position

a preacher of the Christian gospel

a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases

believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies

of or relating to or supporting Romanism

belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

an advocate of the principles of monarchy

a man who lives in the country and has country ways

someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others

someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism

an adherent of Satan or Satanism

a musician who plays the saxophone

a writer of screenplays

an artist specializing in scenic subjects

any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ

a member of a sect

an advocate of secularism

a specialist in the study of meaning

one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination

a student at a seminary

someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention

a person who enjoys sensuality

someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality

an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group

a producer of raw silk

a medical scientist who specializes in serology

of or relating to shamanism

of or relating to shamanism

relating to or characteristic of Shintoism

a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

a card game for four players who form two partnerships

a list of those who are ill

a student of Chinese history and language and culture

someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships

a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior

a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society

a member of a sodality

a musician who performs a solo

someone who talks while asleep

a member of the Southern Baptist Convention

a person who explores caves

someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

of or relating to or connected with spiritualism

a follower of Stalin and Stalinism

a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata

a detailed list of all the items in stock

one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods

a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus

someone who cuts or beautifies hair

a person who subscribes to subjectivism

the right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public

of or relating to supernaturalism

an artist of the school of suprematism

an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism

someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation

logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning

a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols

a composer of symphonies

an advocate of anarchism

a drug that augments the activity of another drug

a student of synonyms

an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods

an organizer who puts things in order

an adherent of Tantrism

of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life

a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

a total abstainer

someone who transmits messages by telegraph

advocate of teleology

someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly

someone who helps callers get the person they are calling

an evangelist who conducts services on television

a musician who plays the tenor saxophone

a specialist in the history of the Teutonic people or language (especially with respect to the Teutonic influence on the history of England)

one who practices magic or sorcery

one who believes in the existence of a god or gods

someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology

a believer in theosophy

a person who plays the kettledrums

a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles

someone who rides a toboggan

a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem

inexpensive accommodations on a ship or train

a hotel for motorists

one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment

a worker who belongs to a trade union

advocate of a philosophy emphasizing the spiritual

member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence

a specialist in tribology

joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.

someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods

a musician who plays the trombone

radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

of or relating to or characteristic of a czar

a bit or drill having deep helical grooves

a bit or drill having deep helical grooves

a person who plays the kettledrums

someone paid to operate a typewriter

not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought

a person who rides a unicycle

an advocate of unilateralism

a worker who belongs to a trade union

of or relating to or tending toward universalism

cause to become untwisted

a specialist in urology

someone on vacation

a musician who plays the vibraphone

a musician who plays the vibraphone

the head of the Roman Catholic Church

a musician who plays the violin

a musician who plays the viola

someone who plays a violoncello

one who believes in vitalism

a cultivator of grape vine

a biologist who cuts open live animals for research

the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

spare anchor for use in emergency

up to the waist

up to the waist

a roster of those waiting to obtain something

a very slender waist

a painter who paints with watercolors

the original Methodist Church

a card game for four players who form two partnerships

a progressive whist party

a person who believes that the white race is or should be supreme

a list of events that you wish would occur

a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

pin joining a piston to a connecting rod

a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College

someone who plays a xylophone

an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism

a Jewish supporter of Zionism