n. [ F. academiste. ] 1. An Academic philosopher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An academician. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Acosmism. ] One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Agamous. ] An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. alarmiste. ] One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste. ] One who practices alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are alchemist; make gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to or practicing alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alchemy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a., n., a., n. See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anatomiste. ] One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. animiste. ] One who maintains the doctrine of animism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An Antinomian. [ R. ] Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. armistice, fr. (an assumed word) L. armistitium; arma arms + stare, statum (combining form, -stitum), to stand still. ] A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al a. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al*ly adv. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. atomiste. ] One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. divided into separate and often disparate elements; -- the opposite of holistic.
Syn. -- atomistical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. divided into separate and often disparate elements. holistic
Syn. -- atomistic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. automiste. See Autonomy. ] One who advocates autonomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman who trains ballet dancers. [ PJC ]

v. t. To envelop in mist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Digamist. ] One who is guilty of bigamy. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + E. chemistry. ] (Biol.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calamus a reed. ] One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum curling iron, fr. calamus a reed. ] To curl or friz, as the hair. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave.

n. The act or process of curling the hair. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a curling iron. ] (Zool.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Shortened from alchemist; cf. F. chimiste. ] A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Chemist. See Alchemy. ] 1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A treatise on chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word and its derivatives were formerly written with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the pronunciation was conformed to the orthography. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inorganic chemistry, that which treats of inorganic or mineral substances. --
Organic chemistry, that which treats of the substances which form the structure of organized beings and their products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also chemistry of the carbon compounds. There is no fundamental difference between organic and inorganic chemistry. --
Physiological chemistry, the chemistry of the organs and tissues of the body, and of the various physiological processes incident to life. --
Practical chemistry, or
Applied chemistry, that which treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions essential to their best use. --
Pure chemistry, the consideration of the facts and theories of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without necessary reference to their practical applications or mere utility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold; a drugstore. [ British ]
Syn. -- drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's shop, dispensary, pharmacy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } [ Obs. ] See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheeful conformist to your judgment. Jer.Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. marked by conformity or convention; not corresponding to current customs or rules or styles; as, underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist. Opposite of nonconformist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as conforming. [ Narrower terms: orthodox (vs. unorthodox) ]
Syn. -- conforming. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One skilled in cryptogamic botany. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Deuterogamy. ] One who marries the second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The writer of Deuteronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dichotomizes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; = &unr_; twice + &unr_; to marry. Cf. Bigamist. ] One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who would resolve matter into centers of force may be said to constitute the school of dynamists. Ward (Dyn. Sociol. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. économiste. ] 1. One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. “Economists even to parsimony.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is conversant with political economy; an expert in the field of economics. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To infold, as in a mist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices entomotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym. [ 1913 Webster ]