Words that rhyme with vasoconstrictor

  • abductor
    n 1: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) [syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher] 2: a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line [syn: abductor, abductor muscle]
  • abstractor
    n 1: one who makes abstracts or summarizes information [syn: abstractor, abstracter]
  • actor
    n 1: a theatrical performer [syn: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player] 2: a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" [syn: actor, doer, worker]
  • adductor
    n 1: a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line [syn: adductor, adductor muscle]
  • attractor
    n 1: an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had" [syn: drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter] 2: (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system [syn: attractor, attracter] 3: a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" [syn: attraction, attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet]
  • benefactor
    n 1: a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) [syn: benefactor, helper]
  • character
    n 1: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel" [syn: fictional character, fictitious character, character] 2: a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" [syn: quality, character, lineament] 3: the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer [syn: character, fiber, fibre] 4: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona] 5: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: character, eccentric, type, case] 6: good repute; "he is a man of character" 7: a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively" [syn: character, reference, character reference] 8: a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" [syn: character, grapheme, graphic symbol] 9: (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes v 1: engrave or inscribe characters on
  • chiropractor
    n 1: a therapist who practices chiropractic
  • collector
    n 1: a person who collects things [syn: collector, aggregator] 2: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) [syn: collector, gatherer, accumulator] 3: a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth 4: the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
  • conductor
    n 1: the person who leads a musical group [syn: conductor, music director, director] 2: a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat [ant: dielectric, insulator, nonconductor] 3: the person who collects fares on a public conveyance 4: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
  • connector
    n 1: an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" [syn: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective]
  • constrictor
    n 1: any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
  • constructor
    n 1: someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) [syn: builder, constructor]
  • contractor
    n 1: someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things 2: the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps [syn: contractor, declarer] 3: (law) a party to a contract 4: a bodily organ that contracts [syn: contractile organ, contractor]
  • convector
    n 1: a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection
  • defector
    n 1: a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) [syn: deserter, defector]
  • deflector
    n 1: a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)
  • detector
    n 1: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner [syn: detector, sensor, sensing element] 2: rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave [syn: detector, demodulator] 3: electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
  • detractor
    n 1: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something [syn: detractor, disparager, depreciator, knocker]
  • director
    n 1: someone who controls resources and expenditures [syn: director, manager, managing director] 2: member of a board of directors 3: someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show [syn: director, theater director, theatre director] 4: the person who directs the making of a film [syn: film director, director] 5: the person who leads a musical group [syn: conductor, music director, director]
  • ejector
    n 1: a person who ousts or supplants someone else [syn: ouster, ejector] 2: a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing [syn: cartridge ejector, ejector]
  • elector
    n 1: a citizen who has a legal right to vote [syn: voter, elector] 2: any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
  • exacta
    n 1: a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order [syn: exacta, perfecta]
  • extractor
    n 1: an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components 2: an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension [syn: centrifuge, extractor, separator] 3: a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector [syn: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover, extractor]
  • factor
    n 1: anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome" 2: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient] 3: one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [syn: divisor, factor] 4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker] 5: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together 6: an independent variable in statistics 7: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" [syn: gene, cistron, factor] v 1: resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" [syn: factor, factor in, factor out] 2: be a contributing factor; "make things factor into a company's profitability" 3: consider as relevant when making a decision; "You must factor in the recent developments" [syn: factor, factor in, factor out]
  • hector
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War v 1: be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" [syn: strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around]
  • inductor
    n 1: an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit [syn: inductor, inductance]
  • injector
    n 1: a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)
  • inspector
    n 1: a high ranking police officer 2: an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner searched for clues" [syn: examiner, inspector]
  • instructor
    n 1: a person whose occupation is teaching [syn: teacher, instructor]
  • malefactor
    n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor]
  • nectar
    n 1: a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators 2: fruit juice especially when undiluted 3: (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal [syn: ambrosia, nectar]
  • objector
    n 1: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant]
  • perfecta
    n 1: a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order [syn: exacta, perfecta]
  • predictor
    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
  • proctor
    n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor, monitor] v 1: watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) [syn: invigilate, proctor]
  • projector
    n 1: an optical device for projecting a beam of light 2: an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
  • prospector
    n 1: someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
  • protector
    n 1: a person who cares for persons or property [syn: defender, guardian, protector, shielder]
  • protractor
    n 1: drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
  • reactor
    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]
  • rector
    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]
  • redactor
    n 1: someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication [syn: redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite man]
  • reflector
    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]
  • respecter
    n 1: a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative; "X is no respecter of Y"
  • retractor
    n 1: surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
  • sector
    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
  • selector
    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]
  • semiconductor
    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]
  • spectre
    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]
  • sphincter
    n 1: a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening [syn: sphincter, anatomical sphincter, sphincter muscle]
  • subcontractor
    n 1: someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor
  • tractor
    n 1: a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications 2: a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans
  • vector
    n 1: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components 2: a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction 3: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects" [syn: vector, transmitter] 4: (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
  • victor
    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]
  • effector
    n 1: one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose [syn: effecter, effector] 2: a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion 3: an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses [ant: receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor]
  • analecta
    n 1: a collection of excerpts from a literary work [syn: analects, analecta]
  • bisector
  • compactor
  • concocter
  • contradictor
  • corrector
  • depicter
  • destructor
  • dicta
  • dissector
  • enactor
  • erector
  • evictor
  • exactor
  • infector
  • recta
  • refractor
  • sancta
  • superconductor
  • buchter
  • fruchter
  • acta
  • spector
  • procter
  • trifecta
  • sakta
  • prosector
  • vivisector
  • ejecta
  • distractor
  • inflicter

See also vasoconstrictor definition