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| archaeologist |
a scientist who works in the field of archaeology, the study of past human life and culture. |
| astronomer |
a scientist who studies the universe beyond the earth. |
| biologist |
a scientist who specializes in biology. Biology is the study of living things, such as plants, animals, cells, and bacteria. |
| chemist |
A chemist is a kind of scientist. A chemist works in the field of chemistry. Chemists are interested in basic substances that exist on the earth and in space, and they are interested in what these things can do and what happens when you put them together. |
| date1 |
When a scientist dates something, they find out how old it is. [1/6 definitions] |
| develop |
When a scientist or business develops something, they create it starting from nothing. [1/5 definitions] |
| disability |
If you have a disability, you have a condition that makes it difficult or impossible to do something that most other people can do. For example, some people have a physical disability that makes it difficult for them to walk. Some people have a disability that makes it difficult for them to learn things. Some people have a disability that prevents them from doing typical kinds of work. Some disabilities can go away with time and effort, and some disabilities are permanent. Scientist are always working on inventions that can help, though. |
| interview |
An interview is when a person such as a news reporter or scientist asks another person a lot of questions in order to get information. News reporters and people on TV often do interviews with famous or important people so that listeners or readers can find out things about that person or about some situation that that person knows about. [1/3 definitions] |
| marine |
A marine animal is an animal that lives in the sea. A marine scientist is a person who studies the sea. When something is called "marine," it has something to do with the sea. [1/2 definitions] |
| meteorologist |
a scientist who studies the weather and things that occur in the Earth's atmosphere. Some meteorologists forecast the weather. |
| Muse |
(lower case) the source of creative ideas for an artist or scientist. [1/2 definitions] |
| physicist |
a scientist who works in physics. |
| scientist |
A scientist is a person who works in or studies a science. A scientist learns about things in the natural world or in space by doing experiments or looking at things very carefully. |
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