chemist
A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
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Born ~1562 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Eye lids look a lil swollen, deffo get it checked out at the doctors Lucas, or at least speak to a chemist at the pharmacy
Also someone left francium and radium the default colour when they should have been scarlet! You really need to get chemistry jokes proof-read by a chemist!
Will swing by the chemist after work, sure it’ll be fine though! ☺️
Chemistry's Michelle Francl Writes Op-Ed on Faith and Politics www.brynmawr.edu/news/chemist...
NHS says 2 weeks rest & anti-inflammatories. & should be better. Sadly I can’t take codeine. Will try to get to chemist.
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A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
“Also someone left francium and radium the default colour when they should have been scarlet! You really need to get chemistry jokes proof-read by a chemist!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Chemistry's Michelle Francl Writes Op-Ed on Faith and Politics www.brynmawr.edu/news/chemist...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Note that a chemist is #4. Not a good showing for the "central science."”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Reading that section of the Klein podcast, a lot of the energy discussion makes me shake my head. But I’m a physicist, and my wife is a chemist running a sustainable fuels company, so we have our own peculiar perspectives.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Chemist Warehouse What's the deal with this store? They are a chemist but the footprints are like 90% retail and 10% pharmacy. Also, why is it so cramped in there? I can hardly walk the aisle if there are others in the one I need.”
— r/AskAnAustralian· Apr 2026
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(obsolete) An alchemist.
“Eye lids look a lil swollen, deffo get it checked out at the doctors Lucas, or at least speak to a chemist at the pharmacy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Will swing by the chemist after work, sure it’ll be fine though! ☺️”
— Bluesky· May 2026“NHS says 2 weeks rest & anti-inflammatories. & should be better. Sadly I can’t take codeine. Will try to get to chemist.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, British, Australia, NZ, South Africa) , especially as a standalone shop or general store.
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