Scientist's area of study Crossword Clue

(noun)

1. a particular kind of commercial enterprise
2. a place where planes take off and land
3. the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
4. a branch of knowledge
5. all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
6. all of the horses in a particular horse race
7. (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
8. (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
9. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
10. a region in which active military operations are in progress
11. somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
12. a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
13. a piece of land prepared for playing a game
14. a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
15. extensive tract of level open land
16. the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
17. a particular environment or walk of life

(verb)

1. select (a team or individual player) for a game
2. answer adequately or successfully
3. play as a fielder
4. catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

(noun)

1. a detailed critical inspection
2. preliminary drawing for later elaboration
3. a room used for reading and writing and studying
4. a state of deep mental absorption
5. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
6. attentive consideration and meditation
7. a branch of knowledge
8. a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
9. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
10. someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)

(verb)

1. be a student of a certain subject
2. learn by reading books
3. be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
4. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
5. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
6. give careful consideration to