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phlogistonist

phlogistonist noun: an early chemist who studied the presumed material phlogiston.

Noun

phlogistonist (plural phlogistonists)

  1. An early chemist who studied the presumed material phlogiston.

Forms of phlogistonist

pluralphlogistonists

Origin of phlogistonist

From phlogiston + -ist.

Questions about phlogistonist

What does phlogistonist mean?
Phlogistonist means an early chemist who studied the presumed material phlogiston.
What part of speech is phlogistonist?
Phlogistonist is a noun.
What is the plural of phlogistonist?
The plural of phlogistonist is phlogistonists.

Words near phlogistonist in the dictionary

  1. phlogistick
  2. phlogiston
  3. phlogiston theory
  4. phlogistonic
  5. phlogistonism
  6. phlogistonist
  7. phlogistonists
  8. phlogistons
  9. phlogogenetic
  10. phlogogenic
  11. phlogogenous

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