Main entry: carrier
Definition: (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
Main entry: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop, carrier
Definition: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
Main entry: carrier
Definition: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
Main entry: carrier
Definition: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
Usage: refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
Main entry: carrier, common carrier
Definition: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
Main entry: carrier, immune carrier
Definition: (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Definition: a boy who delivers newspapers
Main entry: toter, carrier, bearer
Definition: someone whose employment involves carrying something
Usage: the bonds were transmitted by carrier
Main entry: mail carrier, mailman, letter carrier, carrier, postman
Definition: a man who delivers the mail
Main entry: carrier, carrier wave
Definition: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Main entry: carrier
Definition: an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction