Words that rhyme with progenitor

  • 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]
  • catheter
    n 1: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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
  • 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
  • primogenitor
    n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor, primogenitor]
  • register
    n 1: an official written record of names or events or transactions [syn: register, registry] 2: (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments 3: a book in which names and transactions are listed 4: (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind 5: an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room 6: a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device 7: a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill [syn: cash register, register] v 1: record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions 2: record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" [syn: file, register] 3: enroll to vote; "register for an election" 4: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" [syn: record, register] 5: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record] 6: have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties [syn: cross-file, register] 7: show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register" 8: manipulate the registers of an organ 9: send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter" 10: enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
  • 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
  • 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
  • banqueter
  • bibliolater
  • collocutor
  • comparator
  • elicitor
  • ferreter
  • forfeiter
  • prolocutor
  • sequitur
  • lysistrata
  • premonitor
  • benatar
  • exeter

See also progenitor definition and progenitor synonyms