Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..
Antiperistasis :: Antiperistasis (n.) Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.
Artillerist :: Artillerist (n.) A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
Characteristic :: Characteristic (a.) Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive..
Characteristic :: Characteristic (n.) A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized..
Characteristic :: Characteristic (n.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Coleopterist :: Coleopterist (n.) One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.
Ephemerist :: Ephemerist (n.) One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
Ephemerist :: Ephemerist (n.) One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.
Eristalis :: Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly..
Lepidopterist :: Lepidopterist (n.) One who studies the Lepidoptera.
Mannerist :: Mannerist (n.) One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism..
Meristem :: Meristem (n.) A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division..
Mesmerist :: Mesmerist (n.) One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism..
Neoterist :: Neoterist (n.) One ho introduces new word/ or phrases.
Numerist :: Numerist (n.) One who deals in numbers.
Peristalsis :: Peristalsis (n.) Peristaltic contraction or action.
Peristaltic :: Peristaltic (a.) Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement..
Peristeria :: Peristeria (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.