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Agent

Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

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Narrower term 44

Antacid 76% connected

A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.

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Auctioneer 76% connected

A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.

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Bailee 76% connected

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.

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Bleach 76% connected

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

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Booker 76% connected

One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper.

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Coagulant 76% connected

That which produces coagulation.

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Coagulator 76% connected

That which causes coagulation.

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Deputy 76% connected

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a represen…

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Diluent 76% connected

Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water.

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Disinfectant 76% connected

That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Emmenagogue 76% connected

A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

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Enlivener 76% connected

One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.

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Fed 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Feed.

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Federal 76% connected

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between…

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Fungicide 76% connected

Anything that kills fungi.

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Germicide 76% connected

Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are…

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Hardener 76% connected

One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.

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Impairer 76% connected

One who, or that which, impairs.

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Inducer 76% connected

One who, or that which, induces or incites.

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Lactifuge 76% connected

A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

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Motor 76% connected

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

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Operative 76% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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Precipitant 76% connected

Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.

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Pressor 76% connected

Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus…

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Procurator 76% connected

One who manages another's affairs, either generally or in a special matter; an agent; a proctor.

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Proxy 76% connected

The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.

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Quickener 76% connected

One who, or that which, quickens.

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Represser 76% connected

One who, or that which, represses.

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Retardation 76% connected

The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

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Satisfier 76% connected

One who satisfies.

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Shopper 76% connected

One who shops.

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Shortener 76% connected

One who, or that which, shortens.

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Stockbroker 76% connected

A broker who deals in stocks.

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Surrogate 76% connected

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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Syndic 76% connected

An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.

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Thinner 76% connected

One who thins, or makes thinner.

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Transmitter 76% connected

One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- oppos…

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Underwriter 76% connected

One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.

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Vasoconstrictor 76% connected

Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which the…

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Vector 76% connected

Same as Radius vector.

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Vermicide 76% connected

A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.

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Weakener 76% connected

One who, or that which, weakens.

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Whitener 76% connected

One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.

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Bourgeois 76% connected

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Functionary 76% connected

One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

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Official 76% connected

Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

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Representative 76% connected

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Agency 74% connected

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Agency 74% connected

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Agential 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.

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Agential 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.

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Representation 74% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Representation 74% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Containing group 1

Brokerage 70% connected

The business or employment of a broker.

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Synonym 2

Broker 92% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent.

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Factor 92% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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