a human being

an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs

an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause

the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)

something that causes an important event to happen

any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty

an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed

something used to achieve a purpose

the causal agent resulting in death

a cause of pain or injury or loss

a substance that exerts some force or effect

any agent that reduces intestinal gas

any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease

a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure

an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines)

any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare

an agent that eliminates something

an agent that impairs

an agent capable of producing infection

an agent capable of causing death

a nonspecific agent that imparts motion

any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation

an agent that gives or restores life or vigor

any agent that produces relaxation

an agent that represses

any agent that retards or delays or hinders

any agent capable of producing satisfaction

any agent that shortens

any agent that causes stress to an organism

any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples

any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease

that which weakens or causes a loss of strength

a person considered as a unique individual

a fully developed person from maturity onward

a person who enjoys taking risks

a person who is unusual

a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

a person who is appointed to a job or position

a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)

a person who captures and holds people or animals

a person who changes something

a person unable to distinguish differences in hue

a person who holds no title

a person who communicates with others

a person who participates in competitions

a person who shows fear or timidity

a person who grows or makes or invents things

a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy

a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

a person who tries to please or amuse

a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas

a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

a part of a person that is used to refer to a person

a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

a person who pursues independent thought or action

a person who inhabits a particular place

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

a person born in a particular place or country

a person who lacks knowledge of evil

a person who uses the mind creatively

a young person, not fully developed

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

a person who you love, usually a member of your family

a person who rules or guides or inspires others

a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

a person who receives or invests or pays out money

a person who owes allegiance to that nation

a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity

a person who does nothing

a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

a person situated on a perch

a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

a person who manifests devotion to a deity

a person who enjoys sensuality

a person who changes location

a person who suffers misfortune

a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome

a person who lacks technical training

a person who works at a specific occupation

a native or inhabitant of Africa

(formal) any non-European non-white person

a member of the Caucasoid race

any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language

a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus

a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces

a person who abates a nuisance

a person who abjures

a person who is loathsome or disgusting

a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

a person with a record of successes

a person with whom you are acquainted

a person who acquires something (usually permanently)

a person who is a participating member of an organization

a person who acts and gets things done

a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes

a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves

someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

someone who offers opposition

someone who receives advice

a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

a person who makes an affidavit

someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something

someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

a person who lived in ancient times

a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)

a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies

a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)

a person who is fully aware of something and understands it

a person who archaizes

a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess

a person (or property) that is assessed

a person suffering from asthma

(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others

a person who has taught himself

a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s

a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically

any person who is not on your side

a person who does harm to others

a person whose head is bald

a person who refuses to comply

someone who fights bulls

a person who takes a bath

a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)

a person with whom you share a bed

a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved

the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others

a baby born; an offspring

someone who bites

a person who keeps and updates a blog

a person with fair skin and hair

a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)

someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature

a person who plants bombs

a person with dark (brown) hair

a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something

someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

a person requiring professional services

a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)

a person who is celebrating

someone who censures or condemns

a changeable or inconstant person

a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)

an immature childish person

(Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa

a person who closes something

a person with poor motor coordination

a person who collects things

someone who fights (or is fighting)

an operator who works for a company

someone or something that makes a situation complex

a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things

a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business

a person devoted to the contemplative life

a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

someone who copies the words or behavior of another

a person who counts things

someone who attempts to prevent terrorism

a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

a human being

a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists

someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back

a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)

someone who is no longer alive

a person with a severe auditory impairment

a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)

a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late

a person who gives up or transfers money or goods

a person who makes demands

a person who diets

a person who (or that which) differentiates

a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state

a person who dissents from some established policy

a person who separates something into parts or groups

a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship

someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

a person who dresses in a particular way

a person who dribbles

the operator of a motor vehicle

a person who takes drugs

a person who has dyslexia

a person with a thin body

one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose

an operator of an elevator

a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I

a person subject to strong states of emotion

a heavy person with a soft and rounded body

the operator of a railway locomotive

a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something

a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study

a person who is a member of an ethnic group

someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

a person who subscribes to a variety of fads

a person who falls

a person who fastens or makes fast

a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary

one who is first-rate

a person who accepts the leadership of another

someone acting freely or even irresponsibly

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)

a person who gains weight

a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events

someone who controls access to something

a person who gathers

any person who is on your side

a person who is good to other people

a person who grants or gives something

a person who greets

a person who grins

a person who groans

a person who grunts

a person who guesses

a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially

a person who hates

a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

an operator of a hoist

a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell

someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

a person who hopes

a person who crouches

a person who hugs

a person who is immune to a particular infection

a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.

someone who uses art to represent something

(psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts

a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs

a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way

a person who jumps

the younger of two persons

someone who causes the death of a person or animal

a person related by blood or marriage

a person with unusual sexual tastes

a person in a kneeling position

a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)

a person who knows or apprehends

a person of greater than average size

a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

a person who is laughing or who laughs easily

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right

a living person

someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another

a person who speaks more than one language

a person who can read and write

a person who has a special life style

a person with a strong desire for something

a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous

an efficient person

a person who mails something

a person who is discontented or disgusted

the generic use of the word to refer to any human being

a person who handles things manually

a single individual

a person who is married

a person who practices masturbation

a person who makes measurements

a person who is not a member

a person with a well-developed muscular body

a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)

someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow

a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles

a person who hates marriage

a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races

a contemporary person

a person who knows only one language

a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)

the operator of streetcar

person who is quiet or timid

a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples

a person who gives a name or names

a person with the same name as another

a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities

a person who lives (or is located) near another

one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute

a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting

a person who does not participate

a person who is nonpartisan

a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)

someone who does not live in a particular place

a person who does not smoke tobacco

a naked person

a person who treats something carefully

a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts

a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)

a person who ousts or supplants someone else

a person belonging to no caste

a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing)

a person who owns something

someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence

a person attracted to people regardless of gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation

a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense

a person who is a member of a partnership

a person involved in legal proceedings

a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group

another word for person; a person not meriting identification

a person who represents an abstract quality

a person who perspires

a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

a person who chooses or selects out

a person who urinates

a person who makes plans

a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously

someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others

someone who applies or scatters powder

one having power to influence another

a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice

someone who keeps safe from harm or danger

the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action

a person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the public

a person who pursues some plan or goal

a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

an unspecified person

a person who gives up too easily

a person who has radical ideas or opinions

someone who operates a radio transmitter

a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

a person who corrects or sets right

someone who has red hair

a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)

a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

a person who repeats

someone who saves something from danger or violence

a person who rests

a person who directs and restrains

a person who returns after a lengthy absence

a person who possesses great material wealth

a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left

a person who rises (especially from bed)

a person who romps or frolics

a brachycephalic person

a person who rules or commands

a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously

a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

a person who scratches to relieve an itch

a person of second-rate ability or value

a person who seeds clouds

someone making a search or inquiry

someone who is or has been segregated

someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality

any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification

a person (especially a celebrity) who is well-known for their sexual attractiveness

a person who wields power and influence

a person skilled at making effective presentations

someone who signs and is bound by a document

a person lacking intelligence or common sense

a person who is at least six feet tall

a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

a person who is owned by someone

someone entirely dominated by some influence or person

a sleepy person

a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage

a person of below average size

a person who smashes something

a person who smiles

a person who sneezes

a person who sniffs

a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose

a person who snuffs out candles

a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus)

a person who takes part in social activities

a person of a particular character or nature

a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability

an inscrutable person who keeps thoughts or intentions a secret

the vital principle or animating force within living things

a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)

a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances

a person who sprawls

a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt

a person with strabismus

a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses

a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)

a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward

an individual that one is not acquainted with

a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort

a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

a person in excess of the regular, required, or usual number

a person who yields or surrenders

someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation

one who outlives another

someone who is under suspicion

a man who operates railroad switches

someone who appends or joins one thing to another

someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter

a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly

someone who transmits messages by telegraph

someone who helps callers get the person they are calling

a person who tempts others

a person who serves a specified term

a person who inspires fear or dread

a person who makes a will

a person who is unusually thin and scrawny

one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior

someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)

a fierce or audacious person

a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem

a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something

someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another

a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex

someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex

one who tries

one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope

any person who exercises power in a cruel way

a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens

a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something

a person who disappears

a person who is tricked or swindled

a person who lived during the reign of Victoria

a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

someone who has inferior vision

a person who waits or awaits

a person who awakes

person who walks in without having an appointment

a person who wants or needs something

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body

a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky

one who can't stay still (especially a child)

a person who winks

a person who refrains from granting

(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world

a person who yawns

a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

a potentially explosive state

something that is a source of danger

an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)

a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth

an agent that makes things white or colorless

an agent that produces chemical reactions

an agent that produces coagulation

a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another

a diluting agent

any agent that promotes menstrual discharge

agent that induces milk secretion

an agent that induces drowsiness or sleep

any of various agents that decrease the level of glucose in the blood and are used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus

an agent capable of activating specific genes

any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding)

any agent that enhances milk production

an agent that triggers mitosis

a toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system

an agent that causes a precipitate to form

an agent that converts something into a solvate

an agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses