Related Words:
- nuncio
collapse - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status related words >
- Hermes,
- Iris,
- Mercury,
- Paul Revere,
- Pheidippides,
- ambassador,
- ambassadress,
- apostolic delegate,
- attache,
- career diplomat,
- carrier,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- commercial attache,
- commissionaire,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- courier,
- diplomat,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatic courier,
- diplomatist,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- estafette,
- express,
- foreign service officer,
- go-between,
- internuncio,
- legate,
- message-bearer,
- messenger,
- military attache,
- minister,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- plenipotentiary,
- post,
- postboy,
- postrider,
- resident,
- runner,
- secretary of legation,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate
- mediator
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- a negotiator who acts as a link between parties related words >
- Charlie McCarthy,
- agent,
- ancilla,
- appeaser,
- appliance,
- arbiter,
- arbitrator,
- broker,
- conciliator,
- connection,
- contact,
- contrivance,
- creature,
- deputy,
- device,
- distributor,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- entrepreneur,
- front,
- front man,
- go-between,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- implement,
- instrument,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- interpleader,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- jobber,
- judge,
- lever,
- liaison,
- link,
- mechanism,
- mediary,
- medium,
- middleman,
- midwife,
- minion,
- moderator,
- mouthpiece,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- ombudsman,
- organ,
- pawn,
- peacemaker,
- plaything,
- puppet,
- referee,
- servant,
- slave,
- spokesman,
- spokeswoman,
- stooge,
- tie,
- tool,
- toy,
- troubleshooter,
- umpire,
- vehicle,
- wholesaler
- bank credit,
- book credit,
- borrowing power,
- cash credit,
- commercial credit,
- consumer credit,
- credit,
- credit insurance,
- credit rating,
- credit union,
- financial condition,
- hire purchase plan,
- installment credit,
- installment plan,
- investment credit,
- line of credit,
- never-never,
- rating,
- tax credit,
- tick,
- trust
- assurance,
- assure,
- attest,
- back,
- bail,
- bailsman,
- bargain,
- be sponsor for,
- bond,
- bondsman,
- certify,
- confirm,
- contract,
- countersecure,
- endorse,
- ensure,
- godfather,
- godparent,
- guarantee,
- guarantor,
- indemnity,
- insurance,
- insure,
- insurer,
- mainpernor,
- mortgagor,
- secure,
- security,
- sign,
- sign for,
- sponsor,
- stand behind,
- stand up for,
- stocks and bonds,
- subscribe to,
- surety,
- tie,
- undersign,
- underwrite,
- underwriter,
- warrant,
- warrantor,
- warranty
- hydrosphere
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- the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor related words >
- agua,
- aqua,
- big drink,
- blue water,
- drink,
- drinking water,
- eau,
- ground water,
- hard water,
- head,
- heavy water,
- high sea,
- high seas,
- hydrol,
- hydrometeor,
- limewater,
- main,
- main sea,
- mineral water,
- ocean,
- ocean depths,
- ocean main,
- ocean sea,
- rain,
- rainwater,
- salt sea,
- salt water,
- sea,
- sea water,
- soft water,
- spring water,
- steam,
- thalassa,
- the bounding main,
- the brine,
- the briny,
- the briny deep,
- the deep,
- the deep sea,
- the seven seas,
- the vasty deep,
- tide,
- water,
- water vapor,
- well water,
- wetting agent,
- wetting-out agent
- agua,
- aqua,
- big drink,
- blue water,
- drink,
- drinking water,
- eau,
- ground water,
- hard water,
- head,
- heavy water,
- high sea,
- high seas,
- hydrol,
- hydrometeor,
- hydrosphere,
- limewater,
- main,
- main sea,
- mineral water,
- ocean,
- ocean depths,
- ocean main,
- ocean sea,
- rain,
- rainwater,
- salt sea,
- sea,
- sea water,
- soft water,
- spring water,
- steam,
- thalassa,
- the bounding main,
- the brine,
- the briny,
- the briny deep,
- the deep,
- the deep sea,
- the seven seas,
- the vasty deep,
- tide,
- water,
- water vapor,
- well water,
- wetting agent,
- wetting-out agent
- delegate
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- a person appointed or elected to represent others
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- transfer power to someone related words >
- accredit,
- agent,
- alternate,
- ambassador,
- appoint,
- ascribe,
- assign,
- authorize,
- buck,
- catchpole,
- charge,
- charter,
- choose,
- commend,
- commissar,
- commissary,
- commission,
- commissionaire,
- commissioner,
- commit,
- confide,
- consign,
- depute,
- deputize,
- deputy,
- designate,
- designate an agent,
- detach,
- detail,
- devolute,
- devolve,
- devolve upon,
- emissary,
- empower,
- enfeoff,
- entrust,
- envoy,
- factor,
- give,
- give in charge,
- give in trust,
- go-between,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- herald,
- infeudate,
- legate,
- license,
- mandate,
- messenger,
- minister,
- mission,
- mouthpiece,
- name,
- nominate,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pick,
- plenipotentiary,
- post,
- proxy,
- relegate,
- remand,
- remit,
- replacement,
- representative,
- secretary,
- select,
- send out,
- spokesman,
- spokesperson,
- spokeswoman,
- stand-in,
- substitute,
- surrogate,
- transfer,
- trust,
- warrant
- front man
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- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity related words >
- Charlie McCarthy,
- agent,
- anteriority,
- bold front,
- brave face,
- brave front,
- connection,
- creature,
- deputy,
- display,
- dummy,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- facia,
- figurehead,
- fore,
- forefront,
- foreground,
- forehand,
- foreland,
- forepart,
- forequarter,
- foreside,
- foreword,
- front,
- front elevation,
- front matter,
- front page,
- front view,
- frontage,
- frontal,
- frontier,
- frontispiece,
- go-between,
- head,
- heading,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- lap,
- lay figure,
- mediator,
- medium,
- middleman,
- mouthpiece,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- nominal head,
- obverse,
- ombudsman,
- preface,
- prefix,
- priority,
- proscenium,
- puppet,
- spokesman,
- spokeswoman,
- stooge,
- window dressing
- precaution
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- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"
- the trait of practicing caution in advance related words >
- alertness,
- anticipation,
- apprehension,
- attention,
- canniness,
- care,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- chariness,
- circumspection,
- cover,
- discreetness,
- discretion,
- escape,
- forearming,
- forebode,
- forehandedness,
- foresight,
- foresightedness,
- forethought,
- forethoughtfulness,
- forewarn,
- give advance notice,
- insurance,
- measures,
- portend,
- precautions,
- precautiousness,
- premonish,
- prenotify,
- preventive measure,
- prewarn,
- protection,
- providence,
- provision,
- prudence,
- safeguard,
- steps,
- steps and measures,
- tell in advance,
- vigilance,
- wariness,
- watchfulness
- emissary
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- someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else related words >
- Hermes,
- Iris,
- Mercury,
- Paul Revere,
- Pheidippides,
- ambassador,
- ambassadress,
- apostolic delegate,
- attache,
- bearer,
- career diplomat,
- carrier,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- commercial attache,
- commissar,
- commissary,
- commissionaire,
- commissioner,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- courier,
- delegate,
- diplomat,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatic courier,
- diplomatist,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- estafette,
- express,
- foreign service officer,
- go-between,
- herald,
- internuncio,
- legate,
- message-bearer,
- messenger,
- military attache,
- minister,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- nuncio,
- plenipotentiary,
- post,
- postboy,
- postrider,
- resident,
- runner,
- secretary,
- secretary of legation,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate
- steps
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- the course along which a person has walked or is walking in; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home" related words >
- back stairs,
- companion,
- companionway,
- escalier,
- fire escape,
- flight of steps,
- forearming,
- forehandedness,
- foresight,
- foresightedness,
- forethought,
- forethoughtfulness,
- incline,
- insurance,
- landing,
- landing stage,
- measures,
- perron,
- precaution,
- precautions,
- precautiousness,
- preventive measure,
- protection,
- providence,
- provision,
- ramp,
- safeguard,
- spiral staircase,
- staircase,
- stairs,
- stairway,
- stepping-stones,
- steps and measures,
- stile,
- treads and risers
- aid
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- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"
- a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas"
- a gift of money to support a worthy person or cause related words >
- Samaritan,
- a leg up,
- abet,
- acolyte,
- adjutant,
- agent,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- alimony,
- alleviate,
- alleviation,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- alterative,
- analeptic,
- ancilla,
- annuity,
- assist,
- assistance,
- assistant,
- assister,
- assuagement,
- attendant,
- auxiliary,
- avail,
- backer,
- backing,
- bail out,
- balm,
- balsam,
- bear a hand,
- befriend,
- befriender,
- benefactor,
- benefactress,
- benefit,
- benefiter,
- best man,
- bounty,
- carriage,
- carrying,
- clear the way,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- comfort,
- corrective,
- cure,
- depletion allowance,
- deputy,
- do for,
- do good,
- doctor,
- dole,
- ease,
- executive officer,
- expedite,
- explain,
- facilitate,
- favor,
- fellowship,
- finance,
- financial assistance,
- fund,
- give a boost,
- give a hand,
- give a lift,
- give help,
- good Samaritan,
- good person,
- grant,
- grant-in-aid,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- guaranteed annual income,
- hand,
- hasten,
- healing agent,
- healing quality,
- help,
- help along,
- help out,
- helper,
- helping hand,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- jack-at-a-pinch,
- lend a hand,
- lend one aid,
- lieutenant,
- lift,
- lighten,
- loose,
- lubricate,
- maintenance,
- make clear,
- make way for,
- ministering angel,
- ministrant,
- mitigate,
- mitigation,
- moral support,
- oil,
- old-age insurance,
- open the way,
- open up,
- paranymph,
- paraprofessional,
- patron,
- pave the way,
- pay the bills,
- pecuniary aid,
- pension,
- pension off,
- prepare the way,
- prescription,
- price support,
- proffer aid,
- protect,
- psychological support,
- public assistance,
- public welfare,
- quicken,
- rally,
- receipt,
- recipe,
- reclaim,
- redeem,
- reliance,
- relief,
- relieve,
- remedial measure,
- remedy,
- remove friction,
- render assistance,
- rescue,
- restorative,
- restore,
- resuscitate,
- retirement benefits,
- revive,
- run interference for,
- save,
- scholarship,
- second,
- security blanket,
- servant,
- set up,
- sideman,
- simplify,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- sovereign remedy,
- specific,
- specific remedy,
- speed,
- stead,
- stipend,
- striker,
- subsidization,
- subsidize,
- subsidy,
- subvention,
- succor,
- succorer,
- support,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- supportive relationship,
- supportive therapy,
- sustaining,
- sustainment,
- sustenance,
- sustentation,
- take in tow,
- tax benefit,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- unjam,
- upholding,
- upkeep,
- welfare,
- welfare aid,
- welfare payments
- instigator
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- a person who initiates a course of action
- someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel" related words >
- agent,
- agent provocateur,
- agitator,
- agitprop,
- ancestors,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artist,
- author,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- builder,
- catalyst,
- causer,
- conceiver,
- constructor,
- craftsman,
- creator,
- demagogue,
- designer,
- deviser,
- discoverer,
- effector,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- exciter,
- executor,
- executrix,
- father,
- firebrand,
- fomenter,
- founder,
- generator,
- grower,
- inaugurator,
- incendiary,
- inciter,
- industrialist,
- inflamer,
- initiator,
- inspirer,
- institutor,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- maker,
- manufacturer,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- mischief-maker,
- mother,
- mover,
- organizer,
- originator,
- parent,
- past master,
- planner,
- precursor,
- prime mover,
- primum mobile,
- producer,
- provocateur,
- provoker,
- rabble-rouser,
- raiser,
- realizer,
- ringleader,
- rouser,
- seditionary,
- seditionist,
- shaper,
- sire,
- smith,
- troublemaker,
- urger,
- wright
- leaven
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- an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
- a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid related words >
- abate,
- adjust to,
- agent,
- alter,
- alterant,
- alterative,
- alterer,
- assuage,
- bespread,
- besprinkle,
- box in,
- breathe,
- brew,
- catalyst,
- catalytic agent,
- circumscribe,
- color,
- condition,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- decoct,
- diffuse,
- diminish,
- dredge,
- dye,
- entincture,
- extend throughout,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fill,
- flavor,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- honeycomb,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- innovationist,
- innovator,
- instill,
- introducer,
- leave no void,
- leavening,
- limit,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modificator,
- modifier,
- modify,
- modulate,
- narrow,
- occupy,
- overrun,
- overspread,
- overswarm,
- palliate,
- penetrate,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- precursor,
- qualify,
- raise,
- reduce,
- regulate by,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- run through,
- saturate,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- soften,
- steep,
- suffuse,
- swarm with,
- teem with,
- temper,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- transformer,
- transfuse,
- transmogrifier,
- yeast
- instrument
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- the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- address a legal document to
- write an instrumental score for
- equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling related words >
- Bourdon tube,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- Danish balance,
- Federal,
- Gramophone,
- Gyropilot,
- Mach meter,
- Roman balance,
- Teletype,
- Weightometer,
- X-ray machine,
- absolute altimeter,
- accelerometer,
- adapt,
- aerial reconnaissance camera,
- aerometer,
- aeroscope,
- agency,
- agent,
- air log,
- alloy balance,
- altigraph,
- altimeter,
- amanuensis,
- ammeter,
- analytical balance,
- ancilla,
- anemograph,
- anemometer,
- anemoscope,
- aneroid,
- antler,
- apparatus,
- apple-polisher,
- appliance,
- arrange,
- aspirator,
- ass-licker,
- assay balance,
- autograph,
- automatic pilot,
- autosyn,
- awl,
- backslapper,
- baggage agent,
- balance,
- balance of precision,
- barb,
- barbed wire,
- barblet,
- barbule,
- barbwire,
- barometer,
- barrel scale,
- beam,
- bedpan,
- blank,
- bodkin,
- bombing locator,
- bombsight,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- bradawl,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- bullion balance,
- business agent,
- calorimeter,
- caltrop,
- card compass,
- carpet tack,
- cash register,
- catalyst,
- catheter,
- channel,
- cheval-de-frise,
- chirograph,
- chromatoscope,
- chronograph,
- chronometer,
- chuck,
- claim agent,
- clamp,
- clasp,
- clawback,
- clerk,
- clinch,
- clinical thermometer,
- clip,
- cockspur,
- commercial agent,
- commission agent,
- compact,
- compass,
- compose,
- consignee,
- contract,
- contraption,
- contrivance,
- control rod,
- counter scale,
- courtier,
- cramp,
- creature,
- cringer,
- customer agent,
- cylinder scale,
- device,
- diathermy machine,
- dibble,
- direction finder,
- docket,
- document,
- dog,
- dossier,
- drain,
- drum scale,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- electrocardiograph,
- electroencephalograph,
- electrograph,
- equipment,
- evaporimeter,
- facsimile telegraph,
- factor,
- fan scale,
- fawner,
- fed,
- federal agent,
- fid,
- file,
- fishhook,
- flatterer,
- flexure plate scale,
- flight recorder,
- flunky,
- footlicker,
- forceps,
- fork,
- form,
- freight agent,
- functionary,
- gadget,
- gaff,
- galvanometer,
- gauge,
- gauger,
- gear,
- general agent,
- gimcrack,
- gimlet,
- gimmick,
- gizmo,
- go-between,
- goad,
- goniometer,
- gosport,
- gosport tube,
- grab,
- grapnel,
- grapple,
- grappler,
- grappling iron,
- grip,
- groveler,
- gyrocompass,
- hand tool,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- handshaker,
- harmonize,
- harpoon,
- hat pin,
- heat lamp,
- helot,
- hemostat,
- holdfast,
- holograph,
- hook,
- horn,
- hub dynamometer,
- hygrograph,
- hygrometer,
- hypo,
- hypodermic,
- hypodermic needle,
- hypsometer,
- icepick,
- implement,
- inclinometer,
- induction compass,
- instrumentality,
- instrumentate,
- instrumentation,
- insurance agent,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- jackal,
- jaws,
- joy stick,
- kaleidoscope,
- kowtower,
- kymograph,
- lackey,
- lance,
- lancet,
- land agent,
- laser,
- law agent,
- led captain,
- legal document,
- legal instrument,
- legal paper,
- lever,
- lever scales,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- literary agent,
- loan agent,
- long-arm balance,
- machine,
- machinery,
- magnetic compass,
- make an adaptation,
- manometer,
- marlinespike,
- mealymouth,
- mean,
- means,
- measure,
- measurer,
- mechanical device,
- mechanical heart,
- mechanism,
- mechanize,
- mediator,
- medium,
- melodize,
- meteorograph,
- meter,
- microfilm reader,
- micrometer,
- microscope,
- midwife,
- mill,
- minion,
- ministry,
- motorize,
- musicalize,
- nail,
- needle,
- news agent,
- nippers,
- octant,
- official,
- official document,
- optical altimeter,
- orchestrate,
- organ,
- oscillograph,
- otoscope,
- oxgoad,
- ozonometer,
- pact,
- pair of scales,
- paper,
- paper clip,
- papers,
- paraphernalia,
- parchment,
- pari-mutuel,
- pari-mutuel machine,
- parliamentary agent,
- passenger agent,
- pawn,
- peon,
- personal file,
- photometer,
- pike,
- pin,
- pincers,
- pitchfork,
- pitot-static tube,
- plate fulcrum scale,
- platform scale,
- plaything,
- pliers,
- pluviograph,
- pluviometer,
- pneumatograph,
- pneumatometer,
- potentiometer,
- power tool,
- precision balance,
- precision scale,
- precision tool,
- press agent,
- prime mover,
- prism,
- probe,
- prong,
- punch,
- puppet,
- purchasing agent,
- pus basin,
- put to music,
- pyrometer,
- quadrant,
- quill,
- radar,
- radio,
- radio compass,
- radio direction finder,
- radiogoniometer,
- range finder,
- rate-of-climb indicator,
- real estate agent,
- recording barometer,
- recording hygrometer,
- register,
- retool,
- robot pilot,
- roll,
- rowel,
- sales agent,
- scale,
- scales,
- scalpel,
- score,
- scrip,
- script,
- scroll,
- secretary,
- seismograph,
- seismoscope,
- serf,
- servant,
- set,
- set to music,
- sextant,
- sharpen,
- short-arm balance,
- skewer,
- slave,
- sound,
- sound recorder,
- spaniel,
- spearhead,
- special agent,
- spectrograph,
- spectrohelioscope,
- spectroscope,
- speculum,
- speed tool,
- spicule,
- spiculum,
- spike,
- spine,
- spiral balance,
- spirit level,
- spirometer,
- spit,
- splint,
- spur,
- staple,
- static tube,
- station agent,
- stereopticon,
- stethoscope,
- steward,
- sting,
- stooge,
- strike radar scanner,
- suck,
- sun compass,
- suture,
- swab,
- sycophant,
- syringe,
- tachometer,
- tack,
- tackle,
- tang,
- tape recorder,
- teletypewriter,
- telltale,
- theatrical agent,
- thermograph,
- thermometer,
- thermometrograph,
- thermostat,
- thingumabob,
- thingumajig,
- thingummy,
- throttle,
- thumbtack,
- ticker,
- ticket agent,
- timeserver,
- tine,
- toad,
- toady,
- tongs,
- tool,
- toy,
- transcribe,
- transit instrument,
- transpose,
- travel agent,
- trepan,
- trephine,
- truckler,
- tufthunter,
- turnstile,
- tweezers,
- utensil,
- variometer,
- vehicle,
- venturi tube,
- viewer,
- viscosimeter,
- vise,
- voting machine,
- walking delegate,
- way,
- weigh scales,
- weighbridge,
- weighing machine,
- weight voltameter,
- whatnot,
- wherewithal,
- wrench,
- writ,
- write,
- writing,
- yes-man,
- yoke
- aid,
- alimony,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- annuity,
- assistance,
- bounty,
- dole,
- fellowship,
- financial assistance,
- grant,
- grant-in-aid,
- guaranteed annual income,
- help,
- old-age insurance,
- pecuniary aid,
- pension,
- price support,
- public assistance,
- public welfare,
- relief,
- retirement benefits,
- scholarship,
- stipend,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subvention,
- support,
- tax benefit,
- welfare,
- welfare aid,
- welfare payments
- narc
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- a lawman concerned with narcotics violations related words >
- Bow Street runner,
- FBI,
- FBI agent,
- Federal,
- G-man,
- MP,
- Secret Service,
- Sherlock Holmes,
- T-man,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- bear witness against,
- betray,
- betrayer,
- blab,
- blabber,
- blabberer,
- blabbermouth,
- blow the whistle,
- bound bailiff,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- chief of police,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- delator,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- fed,
- federal,
- fink,
- flic,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- hotel detective,
- house detective,
- house dick,
- inform against,
- inform on,
- informer,
- inquiry agent,
- inspector,
- investigator,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- mounted policeman,
- officer,
- operative,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- peach,
- peacher,
- plainclothesman,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police detective,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- private detective,
- private investigator,
- rat,
- reeve,
- revenuer,
- roundsman,
- sell out,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- sleuth,
- snitch,
- snitch on,
- snitcher,
- spy,
- squeal,
- squealer,
- stool,
- stool pigeon,
- stoolie,
- store detective,
- superintendent,
- talebearer,
- tattle,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- tell on,
- telltale,
- testify against,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- treasury agent,
- trooper,
- turn informer,
- whistle-blower
- attache
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- a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission related words >
- Admirable Crichton,
- adept,
- ambassador,
- ambassadress,
- apostolic delegate,
- artisan,
- artist,
- authority,
- career diplomat,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- commercial attache,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- dead shot,
- diplomat,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatist,
- elder statesman,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- experienced hand,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- foreign service officer,
- graduate,
- handy man,
- internuncio,
- journeyman,
- legate,
- marksman,
- military attache,
- minister,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- no slouch,
- nuncio,
- plenipotentiary,
- politician,
- pro,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- resident,
- savant,
- secretary of legation,
- shark,
- sharp,
- statesman,
- technical adviser,
- technician,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate
- instrumentality
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- an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
- the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
- a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose; "are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?"; "he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement" related words >
- handler
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- an agent who handles something or someone; "the senator's campaign handlers" related words >
- assurance,
- bond,
- callable securities,
- cats and dogs,
- certificate of deposit,
- corporation securities,
- foreign securities,
- futures contract,
- government securities,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- indemnity,
- insurance,
- junior securities,
- listed securities,
- marketable securities,
- municipal securities,
- negotiable securities,
- noncallable securities,
- note,
- outstanding securities,
- over-the-counter securities,
- portfolio,
- securities,
- security,
- senior securities,
- short-term note,
- subject to call,
- surety,
- tie,
- treasury bill,
- treasury bond,
- treasury certificate,
- treasury note,
- undigested securities,
- unregistered securities,
- warrant,
- warranty
- alimony
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- court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated related words >
- aid,
- alimentation,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- annuity,
- assistance,
- bounty,
- bread,
- bread and butter,
- depletion allowance,
- dole,
- fellowship,
- financial assistance,
- grant,
- grant-in-aid,
- guaranteed annual income,
- help,
- keep,
- livelihood,
- maintenance,
- old-age insurance,
- pecuniary aid,
- pension,
- price support,
- public assistance,
- public welfare,
- relief,
- retirement benefits,
- scholarship,
- stipend,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subsistence,
- subvention,
- support,
- sustenance,
- tax benefit,
- welfare,
- welfare aid,
- welfare payments
- diplomat
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- an official engaged in international negotiations
- a person who deals tactfully with others related words >
- Admirable Crichton,
- Machiavel,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellianist,
- adept,
- ambassador,
- ambassadress,
- apostolic delegate,
- artisan,
- artist,
- attache,
- authority,
- career diplomat,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- commercial attache,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- dead shot,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatist,
- elder statesman,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- experienced hand,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- foreign service officer,
- graduate,
- handy man,
- influence peddler,
- internuncio,
- journeyman,
- legate,
- marksman,
- military attache,
- minister,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- no slouch,
- nuncio,
- plenipotentiary,
- political realist,
- politician,
- power broker,
- pro,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- resident,
- savant,
- secretary of legation,
- shark,
- sharp,
- statesman,
- technical adviser,
- technician,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate
- spokesman
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- a male spokesperson related words >
- adviser,
- agent,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- authority,
- champion,
- channel,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- connection,
- debater,
- declaimer,
- delegate,
- demagogue,
- deputy,
- enlightener,
- expert witness,
- front,
- front man,
- go-between,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- haranguer,
- herald,
- informant,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- interviewee,
- jawsmith,
- mediator,
- medium,
- middleman,
- monitor,
- mouth,
- mouthpiece,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- newsmonger,
- notifier,
- official spokesman,
- ombudsman,
- panelist,
- press,
- prolocutor,
- prolocutress,
- prolocutrix,
- prophet,
- protagonist,
- public relations officer,
- public speaker,
- publisher,
- rabble-rouser,
- radio,
- ranter,
- rapporteur,
- reporter,
- representative,
- source,
- speaker,
- speecher,
- speechifier,
- speechmaker,
- spieler,
- spokesperson,
- spokeswoman,
- spouter,
- talker,
- television,
- teller,
- tipster,
- tout,
- tub-thumper,
- voice,
- witness
- layoff
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- the act of laying off an employee or a work force related words >
- abeyance,
- break,
- caesura,
- cashiering,
- cease-fire,
- conge,
- cyclical unemployment,
- day off,
- deposal,
- discharge,
- disemployment,
- dismissal,
- displacing,
- drop,
- drumming out,
- firing,
- forced separation,
- furlough,
- furloughing,
- hesitation,
- holiday,
- inoccupation,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interval,
- lapse,
- letup,
- lull,
- normal unemployment,
- pause,
- pink slip,
- recess,
- remission,
- removal,
- respite,
- rest,
- retirement,
- seasonal unemployment,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- surplusing,
- suspension,
- technological unemployment,
- the ax,
- the boot,
- the bounce,
- the gate,
- the sack,
- ticket,
- truce,
- unemployment,
- unemployment insurance,
- vacation,
- walking papers
- affidavit,
- assurance,
- attestation,
- authority,
- authorization,
- avouch,
- avouchment,
- bail,
- bill of health,
- bond,
- certificate,
- certificate of proficiency,
- certification,
- clearance,
- countenance,
- credential,
- deposition,
- diploma,
- empowerment,
- enabling,
- enfranchisement,
- entitlement,
- faith,
- fiat,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- indemnity,
- insurance,
- navicert,
- notarized statement,
- note,
- oath,
- parole,
- pledge,
- plight,
- promise,
- ratification,
- sanction,
- security,
- sheepskin,
- solemn declaration,
- stocks and bonds,
- surety,
- sworn statement,
- testamur,
- testimonial,
- ticket,
- tie,
- troth,
- visa,
- vise,
- voucher,
- vow,
- warrant,
- witness,
- word,
- word of honor
- practitioner
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- someone who practices a learned profession related words >
- assignee
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- (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) related words >
- solvent
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- a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"
- capable of meeting financial obligations related words >
- ablative,
- able to pay,
- above water,
- abstergent,
- acetone,
- alcohol,
- all clear,
- all straight,
- anticoagulant,
- aqua regia,
- benzine,
- biodegradable,
- carbolic acid,
- carbon tet,
- carbon tetrachloride,
- cathartic,
- chloroform,
- cleaner,
- cleaning agent,
- cleaning solvent,
- cleanser,
- cleansing cream,
- clear,
- cold cream,
- corrosive,
- cream,
- cutting,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- degradable,
- dentifrice,
- depurant,
- detergent,
- dilapidated,
- diluent,
- dilutant,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrating,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive,
- disruptive,
- dissolvent,
- dissolving agent,
- diuretic,
- emetic,
- enema,
- erosive,
- ether,
- flux,
- free and clear,
- gasoline,
- good,
- good for,
- holystone,
- liquefacient,
- liquefier,
- lotion,
- moldering,
- mouthwash,
- nauseant,
- out of debt,
- phenol,
- profitable,
- pumice stone,
- purgative,
- purge,
- purifier,
- ravaged,
- reliable,
- resolutive,
- resolvent,
- rinse,
- ruinous,
- separative,
- shampoo,
- soap,
- solid,
- sound,
- substantial,
- synthetic detergent,
- thinner,
- thinning,
- tooth powder,
- toothpaste,
- turpentine,
- unindebted,
- unowing,
- wash,
- water,
- worn
- stationmaster
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- the person in charge of a railway station related words >
- dispatcher
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- employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service related words >
- yardman
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- a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
- worker in a railway yard related words >
- trainman
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- an employee of a railroad related words >
- AEC,
- Appalachian Regional Commission,
- Atomic Energy Commission,
- Bow Street runner,
- CAB,
- CIA,
- Central Intelligence Agency,
- Cheka,
- Civil Aeronautics Board,
- District of Columbia,
- Domestic Council,
- EDA,
- EEOC,
- EIB,
- EPA,
- Environmental Protection Agency,
- FAA,
- FBI agent,
- FCA,
- FCC,
- FDA,
- FPC,
- FTC,
- Federal,
- Federal Aviation Agency,
- Federal Communications Commission,
- Federal Maritime Commission,
- Federal Power Commission,
- G-man,
- GAO,
- GSA,
- General Accounting Office,
- General Services Administration,
- Gestapo,
- Government Printing Office,
- ICC,
- Indian Claims Commission,
- Interpol,
- Interstate Commerce Commission,
- Library of Congress,
- MP,
- MVD,
- Mounties,
- NASA,
- NKVD,
- NLRB,
- NSF,
- National Mediation Board,
- National Science Foundation,
- National Security Council,
- OEO,
- OGPU,
- Panama Canal Company,
- RCMP,
- Railroad Retirement Board,
- SEC,
- SP,
- Scotland Yard,
- Secret Service,
- Sherlock Holmes,
- Smithsonian Institution,
- T-man,
- TVA,
- Tennessee Valley Authority,
- USIA,
- VA,
- constabulary,
- county police,
- detective,
- fed,
- highway patrol,
- hotel detective,
- house detective,
- house dick,
- inquiry agent,
- investigator,
- law enforcement agency,
- military police,
- narc,
- operative,
- plainclothesman,
- police,
- police detective,
- police force,
- political police,
- posse,
- private detective,
- private investigator,
- provincial police,
- revenuer,
- riot police,
- secret police,
- security force,
- shore patrol,
- sleuth,
- special police,
- state police,
- store detective,
- tactical police,
- treasury agent,
- troopers,
- vigilance committee,
- vigilantes
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