Reverse Dictionary: DISSERTATION

ADJECTIVES
1816 • DISSERTATIVE given to dissertation
1833 • DISSERTATIONAL of the nature of a dissertation

NOUNS
1400 • TREATY a work in which some subject is treated of; a treatise, dissertation → obs.
1432 • TRACT a treatise; a written or printed discourse or dissertation
1533 • DISCOURSE a more or less formal treatment of a subject, in which it is considered or discussed at length; a treatise, dissertation, or the like
………. • DISPUTATION written discussion or treatment of a question; a dissertation → obs.
1567 • DESCANT a disquisition, dissertation, or discourse on a theme → chiefly literary usage
1581 • DIATRIBE a discourse, disquisition, critical dissertation → arch.
1653 • THESIS a dissertation to maintain and prove a thesis
1824 • SCREED a dissertation; a long harangue; a document, a letter; a poetical effusion → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1888 • THEMA a dissertation or thesis submitted for a degree
1904 • SCRIEVE a learned dissertation; a lengthy, familiar conversation → Sc. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1660 • DIATRIBIST the writer of a critical dissertation → obs.
1698 • DISSERTATOR a person who makes a dissertation
1844 • DISSERTATIONIST a person who makes a dissertation