Words that rhyme with catheter

  • inheritor
    n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor, heritor]
  • after
    adv 1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on] 2: behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after" adj 1: located farther aft
  • are
    n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
  • balata
    n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls [syn: balata, gutta balata] 2: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata]
  • capacitor
    n 1: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge [syn: capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser]
  • 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"
  • coadjutor
    n 1: an assistant to a bishop
  • comforter
    n 1: commiserates with someone who has had misfortune [syn: sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter] 2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" [syn: reliever, allayer, comforter] 3: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort, puff] 4: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn: comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring]
  • compositor
    n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer]
  • 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
  • conspirator
    n 1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator]
  • contributor
    n 1: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money [syn: subscriber, contributor] 2: a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
  • depositor
    n 1: a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
  • disaster
    n 1: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" [syn: catastrophe, disaster] 2: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm] 3: an act that has disastrous consequences
  • distributor
    n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributor, distributer] 2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion [syn: allocator, distributor] 3: a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large distributor of software products" 4: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence [syn: distributor, distributer, electrical distributor]
  • drafter
    n 1: a writer of a draft
  • executor
    n 1: a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
  • expositor
    n 1: a person who explains [syn: expositor, expounder]
  • faster
    adv 1: more quickly [syn: quicker, faster]
  • hereafter
    adv 1: in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.; "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises"; "the terms specified hereunder" [syn: hereinafter, hereafter, hereunder] 2: in a future life or state; "hope to win salvation hereafter" 3: following this in time or order or place; after this; "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance" n 1: life after death [syn: afterlife, hereafter] 2: the time yet to come [syn: future, hereafter, futurity, time to come] [ant: past, past times, yesteryear]
  • hereinafter
    adv 1: in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.; "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises"; "the terms specified hereunder" [syn: hereinafter, hereafter, hereunder]
  • heritor
    n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor, heritor]
  • idolater
    n 1: a person who worships idols [syn: idolater, idolizer, idoliser, idol worshiper]
  • inquisitor
    n 1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: inquisitor, interrogator] 2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
  • interlocutor
    n 1: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk [syn: interlocutor, middleman] 2: a person who takes part in a conversation [syn: interlocutor, conversational partner]
  • interpreter
    n 1: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages [syn: interpreter, translator] 2: someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles" 3: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice] 4: (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time [syn: interpreter, interpretive program]
  • janitor
    n 1: someone employed to clean and maintain a building
  • laughter
    n 1: the sound of laughing [syn: laugh, laughter] 2: the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn; "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd"
  • master
    adj 1: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)] n 1: an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters" [syn: maestro, master] 2: a person who has general authority over others [syn: overlord, master, lord] 3: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor, master, superior] 4: directs the work of others 5: presiding officer of a school [syn: headmaster, schoolmaster, master] 6: an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made [syn: master, master copy, original] 7: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain, skipper] 8: someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution 9: an authority qualified to teach apprentices [syn: master, professional] 10: key that secures entrance everywhere [syn: passkey, passe-partout, master key, master] v 1: be or become completely proficient or skilled in; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years" [syn: master, get the hang] 2: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" [syn: overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master] 3: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems" [syn: dominate, master] 4: have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?" [syn: master, control]
  • matter
    n 1: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 2: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" [syn: topic, subject, issue, matter] 3: that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" 4: a problem; "is anything the matter?" 5: (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" 6: written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" v 1: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh]
  • monitor
    n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor, monitor] 2: someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided [syn: admonisher, monitor, reminder] 3: an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac 4: display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor [syn: monitor, monitoring device] 5: electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions 6: a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble 7: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn: monitor, monitor lizard, varan] v 1: keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves" [syn: monitor, supervise] 2: check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
  • orator
    n 1: a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier]
  • ovipositor
    n 1: egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
  • plaster
    n 1: a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings 2: any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs [syn: plaster of Paris, plaster] 3: a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster] 4: a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster" [syn: plaster, plasterwork] 5: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds [syn: plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster] v 1: apply a heavy coat to [syn: plaster, plaster over, stick on] 2: cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco" [syn: plaster, beplaster] 3: affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall" 4: apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm" 5: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster, daub] 6: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster]
  • primogenitor
    n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor, primogenitor]
  • progenitor
    n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor, primogenitor]
  • rafter
    n 1: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof [syn: rafter, balk, baulk] 2: someone who travels by raft [syn: raftsman, raftman, rafter] v 1: provide (a ceiling) with rafters
  • riveter
    n 1: a worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter, rivetter] 2: a machine for driving rivets [syn: riveting machine, riveter, rivetter]
  • senator
    n 1: a member of a senate
  • servitor
    n 1: someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
  • solicitor
    n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes [syn: solicitor, canvasser] 2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
  • stigmata
    n 1: marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
  • taffeta
    n 1: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
  • thereafter
    adv 1: from that time on; "thereafter he never called again" [syn: thereafter, thenceforth]
  • thereinafter
    adv 1: in the following part of a given matter, as in a document or speech
  • visitor
    n 1: someone who visits [syn: visitor, visitant]
  • mahabharata
    n 1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families [syn: Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum]
  • sagitta
    n 1: a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way 2: any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
  • masseter
    n 1: a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing
  • ureter
    n 1: either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
  • traveler
    n 1: a person who changes location [syn: traveler, traveller]
  • banqueter
  • bibliolater
  • collocutor
  • comparator
  • dafter
  • elicitor
  • ferreter
  • forfeiter
  • grafter
  • prolocutor
  • sequitur
  • lysistrata
  • premonitor
  • lenscrafter
  • whereafter
  • telecrafter
  • exeter

See also catheter definition