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Definition: Agronomist |
AgronomistNoun1. An expert in soil management and field-crop production. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Conducts experiments or investigations in field-crop problems and develops new methods of growing crops to secure more efficient production, higher yield, and improved quality: Plans and carries out breeding studies at experiment stations or farms to develop and improve varieties of field crops, such as cotton, tobacco, or cereal with respect to characteristics, such as yield, quality, adaptation to specific soils or climates, and resistance to diseases and pests [PLANT BREEDER (profess. & kin.)]. Studies crop production to discover best methods of planting, cultivation, harvesting, and effects of various climatic conditions on crops. Develops methods for control of noxious weeds, crop diseases, and insect pests [PLANT PATHOLOGIST (profess. & kin.)]. May specialize in specific field crop, group of field crops, or specific agronomic problem. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Sometimes called The Soybean Doctor in deference to his plant-breeding successes, agronomist Edgar E. Hartwig has devoted half a century to soybeans research. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | TRIM and fit: Extension agent Wayne Cooley, ARS agronomist Randy Anderson, and farmer Gilbert Lindstrom work together as a team to figure the best methods for growing wheat in a dryland cropping system relying on a wheat/corn/fallow rotation. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Soil agronomist Frank Whisler (right) and graduate student Farhad Khorsandi record cotton plant height, nodes, and fruiting sites-a process called mapping-to aid in quality and yield research. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | The interagency IR-4 program ensures the safety of so-called minor-use chemicals before they are approved for commercial agricultural production. At Salinas, California, ARS agronomist Sharon Benzen displays test-plot-grown broccoli that will be used to determine pesticide residue levels. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Agronomist Larry Heatherly examines early maturing variety of soybean plants growing in a flood-irrigated field in Mississippi. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Greenhouses on Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey. Farms such as this have made a science of agriculture. This one is run by an agronomist and tractor drivers under him. Little ordinary farm labor is employed and that only seasonab.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Agronomist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Agronomist" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agronomist | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "agronomist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | agronom (agriculturist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المهندس الزراعي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | агроном (agriculturalist, agriculturist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 农艺师. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | agronom (agriculturalist, agriculturist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کشاورز (Farmer, Husband, Peasant, Planter, Tiller, Yeoman, Yeomanly), برزشناس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | agronomi (agricultural graduate, agriculturist, certificated agriculturist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agronome (agricultural, agriculturist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | agronom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγρονόμοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | א'רו ום. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | agronómus (agriculturist, scientific agriculturist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ahli ilmu tanah. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agronomo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 농업경 학자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | geill-eirinagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agronomistay agrônomo (agriculturist). (various references) agronom (agronome). (various references) агроном (agriculture, agriculturist). (various references) agronom. (various references) agrónomo (agriculturalist, agriculturist). (various references) agronom (agricultural graduate, certificated agriculturist). (various references) bilimsel tarım uzmanı. (various references) агроном (agriculturalist, agriculturist). (various references) nh nông học. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "agronomist": agronomists. (additional references) | |
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"Agronomist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: argonomist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "agronomist" (pronounced ugrÄ"numust) |
| 7 | -Ä" n u m u s t | economist. |
| 6 | -n u m u s t | animist. |
| 5 | -u m u s t | alchemist, anatomist, pessimist. |
| 4 | -m u s t | alarmist, biochemist, dumbest, extremist, firmest, grimaced, grimmest, nonconformist, premised, promised, slimmest, warmest. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: motorings, rogations. | |
-2 letters: amotions, angstrom, antismog, migrants, monitors, moorings, motoring, orations, organism, organist, roasting, rogation, roosting, smarting, sonogram, storming. | |
-3 letters: agonist, amongst, amorino, amorist, amotion, armings, aroints, gastrin, gitanos, gnomist, gratins, isogram, manitos, margins, maroons, marting, martins, masting, matings, matrons, migrant, moating, monitor, mooring, mooting, morgans, morions, motions, nitroso, orating, oration, origans, ratings, rations, ratoons, roaming, romanos, rooming, roosing, rooting, signora, soaring, sooting, sorting, staring, storing, torsion, transom, trigons, trogons. | |
-4 letters: agorot, amigos, amnios, aorist, argons, argots, arioso, aristo, arming, aroint, arsino, gainst, gamins, gators, giants, girons, gitano, grains, grants, gratin, gratis, griots, grison, groans, groats, groins, grooms, imagos, inarms, ingots, inmost, instar, intros, isogon, magots, mangos, manito, manors, mantis, margin, maroon, martin, mating, matins, matron, minors, mongos, mongst, monist, mooing, morgan, morion, morons, motion, motors, nitros, norias, oaring, ogrism, onagri, orangs, organs, orgasm, origan, orison, ramson, ransom, rasing, rating, ration, ratios, ratoon, romano, romans, rosing, santir, sarong, sating, satori, signor, simoon, soring, stigma, stingo, strain, strang, string, stroma, strong, taming, tangos, taring, tigons, tomans, tongas, trains, trigon, trigos, trogon, tronas. | |
-5 letters: agios, agism, agist, agons, airns, airts, amigo, amino, amins, amirs, amnio, among, amort, angst, antis, argon, argot, arson, astir, atoms, gains, gaits, gamin, garni, gator, giant, girns, giron, giros, girts, gismo, gnars, gnats, goats, gonia, goons, grain, grams, grans, grant, grins, griot, grist, grits, groan, groat, groin, groom, grots, imago, inarm, ingot, intro, iotas, irons, magot, mains, mairs, maist, mango, manor, manos, marts, mason, matin, minas, minor, mints, moans, moats, moira, moist, monas, mongo, monos, moons, moors, moots, moras, morns, moron, morts, motor, naris, nitro, noirs, nomas, nomoi, nomos, noria, noris, norms, ogams, omits, orang, organ, ornis, ostia, ragis, rains, ranis, rants, ratio, ratos, riant, rings, riots, roams, roans, roast, roman, rooms, roost, roots, rosin, rotas, rotis, rotos, saint, santo, sarin, satin, sigma, simar, sitar, smart, snoot, snort, sonar, sorgo, staig, stain, stair, stang, sting, stoai, stoma, storm, stria, tains, tamis, tango, tangs, tarns, taros, tarsi, tigon, tings, tiros, togas, toman, tonga, tongs, toons, toras, toros, torsi, torso, tragi, train, trams, trans, trigo, trigs, trims, trios, trois, trona. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: agronomists, gastronomic, monogastric. | |
+2 letters: gastronomies, gastronomist. | |
+3 letters: compurgations, gastronomical, gastronomists, mastigophoran, motorboatings, promulgations, spermatogonia. | |
+4 letters: aggiornamentos, agglomerations, glamorizations, lognormalities, mastigophorans, metamorphosing, osmoregulation, spermatogonial, spermatogonium. | |
+5 letters: conglomerations, gastronomically, geometrizations, mongrelizations, organometallics, osmoregulations, pharmacognostic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 72 6F 6E 6F 6D 69 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. .-. --- -. --- -- .. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01110010 01101111 01101110 01101111 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g r o n o m i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0072 006F 006E 006F 006D 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35738481808179758586 |
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