physicist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: phys=i=cist

CIDE DICTIONARY

physicist, n. 

•  One versed in physics.  [1913 Webster]
•  A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

physicist, n. a person skilled or qualified in physics.

ROGET THESAURUS

physicist

Materiality

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