16-letter words that end in st
- in the slightest — at all
- indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
- institutionalist — the system of institutions or organized societies devoted to public, charitable, or similar purposes.
- internationalist — an advocate of internationalism.
- intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
- introspectionist — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
- investment trust — a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.
- john the baptist — the forerunner and baptizer of Jesus. Matt. 3.
- liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- marine scientist — a scientist concerned with the sea
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- most wanted list — an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.
- multiculturalist — Pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
- not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
- not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
- not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
- observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
- observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
- odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
- one's level best — the best one can do
- opportunity cost — the money or other benefits lost when pursuing a particular course of action instead of a mutually-exclusive alternative: The company cannot afford the opportunity cost attached to policy decisions made by the current CEO.
- otolaryngologist — Otorhinolaryngologist.
- performance test — a test requiring little or no use of language, the test materials being designed to elicit manual or behavioral responses rather than verbal ones.
- permaculturalist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- personal stylist — a person employed by a rich or famous client to offer advice on clothes, hairstyles, and other aspects of personal appearance
- personality test — an instrument, as a questionnaire or series of standardized tasks, used to measure personality characteristics or to discover personality disorders.
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
- play off against — If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
- pro-abolitionist — (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
- proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
- pseudo-scientist — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- purchase request — A purchase request is a document detailing required items, the number required and when they will be required. Once approved it becomes a purchase order.
- put sb/sth first — If you put someone or something first, you treat or consider them as more important than anything else.
- quarter-finalist — A quarter-finalist is a person or team that is competing in a quarter-final.
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- reap the harvest — If you reap the harvest, you benefit or suffer from the results of your past actions or of someone else's past actions.
- replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
- rocket scientist — a specialist in rocketry.
- second adventist — Adventist (def 1).
- security analyst — a person who specializes in evaluating information regarding stocks and bonds.
- sheltering trust — a trust that provides a fund for a beneficiary, as a minor, with the title vested so that the fund or its income cannot be claimed by others, as creditors of the beneficiary.
- shorthand typist — A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
- silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
- social scientist — sb: studies human society