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- ornithologist
- birds
- herpetologist
- reptiles and amphibians
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entomologist
etymologist
botanist -
insects
words and word derivations
plants -
paleontologist
gerontologist
speleologist -
fossils
aging
caves -
rhinologist
toxicologist
hematologist -
nose
poisons
blood -
ethnologist
cosmologist
dermatologist -
cultures
the universe
skin -
kinesiologisy
pathologist
ichthyologist -
movement
diseases
fishes -
brontologist
orologist
psephologist -
thunder
mountains
political elections - amanuesnsis
- secretary
- lapidary
- an expert in precious stones
- pettifogger
- an unscrupulous lawyer
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hippophagy
cynicism
intestate -
the practice of eating horse flesh
the belief that human conduct is based on self-interest
having made no valid will -
codicil
juxta
per -
an addition to a will
next to
through or by -
preter
pali
ante -
beyond
again
before -
ab
eu
tele
sur
milli -
from, away
good
afar
on, upon
thousand -
homonyms
heteronym -
words with the same pronunciation and spelling but different meanings
words with the same spelling but different pronunciation -
paronym
toponym -
word containing same root or stem (wise-wisom) (heal, health)
land name; Death Valley -
aviatrix
suffrage
lobotomy -
femal pilot
right to vote
cutting into a lobe of the brain -
bibliophile
hippophile
alchemy -
lover of books
lover of horses
miraculous change of one thing into another -
antebellum
antediluvian
floccinaucinihilipilificication -
before the war
before the flood
the estimation of being worthless -
insurgent
corvine
lactoovovegeterian -
person against the government
crow-like
person whose diet includes dairy and egg products -
cruciverbalist
cynomania -
a crossword puzzle fanatic, or a person who composes crossword puzzles
an obsession for dogs -
aerie
eerie -
high eagle's or hawk's nest
weird -
allude
elude
illude -
to refer indirectly
to evade
to deceive -
banc
bank -
bench on which court judges sit
portion of earth above the surrounding level -
chucker
chukker -
person who throws with a short arm action
playing period of a polo game -
clarety
clarity -
color resembling dark red of claret wine
clearness -
cousin
cozen -
child of one's aunt or uncle
to deceive by artful wheeding or tricky dishonesty -
cappie
croppy -
north american sunfish
irish rebel of 1798 who wore short hair as token of sympathy with the French Revolution -
penance
pennants -
sorrow or contrition for sin
nautical flags usually tapering to a point -
must
musth -
is required, compeled, or obliged to
murderous frenzy of a bull elephant usually occurring during rut -
incite
insight -
to stir up, spur, urge on; to instigate
discernment, understanding