Words that rhyme with mechanoreceptor

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

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]

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]

n 1: a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child [syn: adoptive parent, adopter]

n 1: a person who captures and holds people or animals [syn: captor, capturer] [ant: liberator]

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"

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

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]

n 1: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater]

n 1: a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft

n 1: a device for automatically interrupting an electric current

n 1: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]

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]

n 1: any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals [syn: bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird]

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]

n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: scepter, sceptre] 2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre, verge, wand]

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

n 1: a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of mankind"

n 1: small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs

n 1: an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads [syn: pack animal, sumpter]

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]