| accessory |
in law, someone who helps a criminal before or after a crime, but does not commit the crime. [1/4 definitions] |
| acetaminophen |
a drug used to relieve pain and reduce fever but which does not significantly reduce inflammation. |
| achene |
a small, dry, hard seed that is attached at a single point and that does not split open when it is mature. |
| acquaintance |
a person one has met but does not know well. [1/3 definitions] |
| actor |
one who acts or does. [1/2 definitions] |
| agitator |
one who incites unrest or controversy, esp. one who does so for pay or to further a political cause. [1/2 definitions] |
| anti-novel |
a novel-like work which does not have the usual characteristics of a novel, esp. regarding plot. |
| artist |
a person who does any act with a high level of skill or talent. [1/3 definitions] |
| asymptomatic |
not showing any symptoms of a disease (usu. used in reference to an individual who does, in fact, have the disease and may or may not be a carrier). |
| -ator |
one that does (such) a thing or acts in (such) a way. |
| audiovisual |
having both sound and a picture, as does a film. [1/2 definitions] |
| AV |
abbreviation of "audio-visual," having both sound and a picture, as does film. |
| bach |
(informal) to live and take care of oneself alone, as a bachelor does. |
| bagful |
the amount that a bag can or does hold. [1/2 definitions] |
| baker |
a person who bakes, esp. one who is highly skilled at baking or does it professionally. [1/2 definitions] |
| banian |
a Hindu tradesman of a caste that does not eat meat. [1/2 definitions] |
| banyan |
a Hindu tradesman of a caste that does not eat meat. [1/2 definitions] |
| bellhop |
a man or boy who does errands at a hotel; bellboy. |
| bet |
to agree to give up (usu. money) to another person if one's prediction of some future result does not occur. [1/7 definitions] |
| bird of passage |
(informal) a person who does not stay long in one place. [1/2 definitions] |
| black |
the darkest color, which absorbs but does not reflect light. [1/13 definitions] |