Reverse Dictionary: SCIENCE

ADJECTIVES
► OLOGICAL pert. to or versed in the ‘ologies’ → 1890
► OLOGISTIC pert. to or versed in the ‘ologies’ → a1861
► PANCYCLOPAEDIC pert. to the whole circle of science → 1852
► SLIANTIFIC scientific → 1842 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► CUNNING a branch of knowledge or of skilled work; a science or art, a craft; in early times: occult art, magic → 1340-70 obs. 
► LEARNING a branch of learning, a science → 1570 obs.
► MASTERY a department of skill or knowledge; an art or science → a1300 obs.
► MATAEOTECHNY ► MATEOTECHNY an unprofitable science → 1576 obs.
► OLOGY any of the various sciences or departments of science → 1811
► SKILL an art or science → 1570 obs.
► SOPHY one or other of the various sciences, departments of study, etc. → 1843

NOUNS – PERSON
► BACKROOM BOYS scientists and others who work in the background unrecognized → Bk1999 
► BEAKER a scientist → Bk2006 sl.
► BENCH SCIENTIST a scientist who works in a laboratory; a research scientist → 1970 
► BOFFIN a person who is enthusiastic for and knowledgeable in any pursuit, activity, study, etc., esp. a research scientist; someone engaged on (secret) research; orig. Royal Air Force usage for a scientist working on radar → 1945 sl.
► COUNTRY MOUSE in Antarctica: a scientist or a scientist’s assistant whose work takes them into the field, away from McMurdo Station → 2003 sl.
► LAB HOUND a forensic scientist → 1958 US police usage
► OLOGIST a student or professor of an ‘ology’ → 1839
► QUACKERY, THE forensic scientists; a forensic science department → 1971 UK police sl.
► TAXINOMIST a scientific classifier → 1899
► TAXONOMER a scientific classifier → 1885
► TAXONOMIST a scientific classifier → 1877