| air sac |
an air-filled space or cavity in a living organism, esp. any of the ends of certain bronchial tubes in a bird's body that connect with the larger body cavity and assist in breathing. |
| attend |
to go along with; accompany or assist. [1/8 definitions] |
| auxiliary |
serving to help, assist, or support. [1/7 definitions] |
| bellman |
one employed to assist with carrying luggage; bellhop. [1/2 definitions] |
| companion |
one employed to assist and often to live with another. [1/3 definitions] |
| deaconess |
in certain Protestant churches, a woman selected to assist the ministry, esp. in social services. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| doorman |
one whose job is to tend the entrance of an apartment house, hotel, or other building, and to assist residents or guests. |
| general staff |
a group of officers who assist a high commander in planning and supervising military operations. |
| help |
aid or assist in moving in a certain direction. [1/13 definitions] |
| help out |
to give assistance, or to assist (someone or something). |
| hunter |
a dog or horse specially trained or bred to assist in hunting wild animals. [1/2 definitions] |
| intromit |
to allow, cause, or assist to enter; introduce; admit. |
| midwife |
a person who is trained to assist women during childbirth. |
| minister |
a person authorized to perform or assist with religious ceremony and worship; pastor. [1/4 definitions] |
| monitor |
a student appointed to assist in keeping order within a school. [1/11 definitions] |
| paraprofessional |
a worker trained to assist a professional person in a semiprofessional capacity. |
| pawl |
a pivoting lever or tongue, or a sliding bolt, that is made to catch in the notches of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion or assist forward motion. |
| Peace Corps |
a U.S. agency that sends volunteers into developing countries to assist in education, health, agriculture, and the like. |
| posse |
a group of citizens summoned by a county law enforcement official and given temporary legal authority to assist in law enforcement, as for pursuit of a criminal. [1/2 definitions] |
| prompt |
in theater, television, and the like, to assist (an actor or reciter) by providing forgotten words. [1/7 definitions] |