Words that rhyme with captor

  • acceptor
    n 1: (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated 2: the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures
  • activator
    n 1: (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription [ant: inhibitor]
  • actuator
    n 1: a mechanism that puts something into automatic action
  • adapter
    n 1: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance [syn: arranger, adapter, transcriber] 2: device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible [syn: adapter, adaptor]
  • adaptor
    n 1: device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible [syn: adapter, adaptor]
  • adopter
    n 1: a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child [syn: adoptive parent, adopter]
  • agitator
    n 1: one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn: agitator, fomenter]
  • alleviator
    n 1: a therapist who makes suffering more endurable 2: remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn: palliative, alleviant, alleviator]
  • alternator
    n 1: an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles)
  • annihilator
    n 1: a total destroyer
  • are
    n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
  • aviator
    n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
  • chapter
    n 1: a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" 2: any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship" 3: a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" 4: an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church 5: a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"
  • conciliator
    n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler]
  • conservator
    n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) [syn: curator, conservator] 2: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person
  • coordinator
    n 1: someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
  • descriptor
    n 1: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" [syn: form, word form, signifier, descriptor] 2: a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
  • dioptre
    n 1: a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists [syn: diopter, dioptre]
  • helicopter
    n 1: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater]
  • interceptor
    n 1: a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft
  • interrupter
    n 1: a device for automatically interrupting an electric current
  • preceptor
    n 1: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
  • prompter
    n 1: someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech [syn: prompter, theater prompter] 2: a device that displays words for people to read [syn: prompter, autocue]
  • raptor
    n 1: any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals [syn: bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird]
  • receptor
    n 1: a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response 2: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation [syn: sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor] [ant: effector]
  • sceptre
    n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: scepter, sceptre] 2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre, verge, wand]
  • sculptor
    n 1: an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker] 2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus
  • tempter
    n 1: a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of mankind"
  • traitor
    n 1: someone who betrays his country by committing treason [syn: traitor, treasonist] 2: a person who says one thing and does another [syn: double- crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor]
  • prater
    n 1: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [syn: chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter]
  • allocator
    n 1: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion [syn: allocator, distributor]
  • carburetor
    n 1: mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion [syn: carburetor, carburettor]
  • velociraptor
    n 1: small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs
  • annunciator
    n 1: an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
  • sumpter
    n 1: an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads [syn: pack animal, sumpter]
  • preemptor
    n 1: someone who acquires land by preemption [syn: preemptor, pre-emptor] 2: a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid [syn: preemptor, pre-emptor]
  • accepter
  • consolidator
  • consummator
  • corrupter
  • disrupter
  • inceptor
  • mechanoreceptor
  • photoreceptor
  • septa
  • apter
  • kaptur
  • subchapter
  • sumter
  • lithotripter
  • anaglypta
  • gupta

See also captor definition