GEOLOGY
NOUNS
► GEOLATRY the idolizing of geology → 1860 obs.
► UNDERGROUND-BOOK a book on geology → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► GEOLOGER a geologist → 1797
► GEOLOGIAN a geologist → 1813
► GEOLOGICIAN a geologist → 1818 obs.
► GEOLOGIST one versed in geology; one who purses geological investigations → 1778
► GEOLOGUE a geologist → 1799 obs.
► GEOSCIENTIST an expert or specialist in a geoscience (the physical science of geology and its branches) ; an earth scientist → 1943
► ROCKHOUND a geologist; an amateur mineralogist → N. Amer. colloq.
► ROCKSY ► ROXY a geology instructor → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SAND-SMELLER an oil geologist → c1920 Amer. students’ sl.
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