Words that rhyme with dichter

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

n 1: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer] 2: information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance" 3: a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor, monitor] v 1: watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) [syn: invigilate, proctor]

n 1: an optical device for projecting a beam of light 2: an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen

n 1: someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

n 1: a person who cares for persons or property [syn: defender, guardian, protector, shielder]

n 1: drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles

n 1: an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit 2: (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements [syn: nuclear reactor, reactor]

n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector]

n 1: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication [syn: redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man]

n 1: device that reflects radiation 2: optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668" [syn: reflecting telescope, reflector]

n 1: a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative; "X is no respecter of Y"

n 1: surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision

n 1: a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle 2: a social group that forms part of the society or the economy; "the public sector" 3: a particular aspect of life or activity; "he was helpless in an important sector of his life" [syn: sector, sphere] 4: the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes 5: a portion of a military position 6: measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

n 1: a person who chooses or selects out [syn: picker, chooser, selector] 2: a switch that is used to select among alternatives [syn: selector, selector switch]

n 1: a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities [syn: semiconductor, semiconducting material] 2: a conductor made with semiconducting material [syn: semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor]

n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre] 2: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre]

n 1: a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening [syn: sphincter, anatomical sphincter, sphincter muscle]

n 1: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor, master, superior] 2: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner, victor] [ant: also-ran, loser]