Synonyms: 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
Similar words: organism, being
Definition: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop, carrier
Definition: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
Similar words: war vessel, warship, combat ship
Definition: a government ship that is available for waging war
Synonyms: carrier
Definition: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
Similar words: rack
Definition: framework for holding objects
Synonyms: carrier
Definition: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
Usage: refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
Similar words: self-propelled vehicle
Definition: a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion
Synonyms: carrier, common carrier
Definition: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
Similar words: concern, business, business concern, business organisation, business organization
Definition: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Usage: he bought his brother's business; a small mom-and-pop business; a racially integrated business concern
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: vector, transmitter
Definition: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
Usage: mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever; fleas are vectors of the plague; aphids are transmitters of plant diseases; when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects
Similar words: immune
Definition: a person who is immune to a particular infection
Definition: a boy who delivers newspapers
Similar words: deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman
Definition: someone employed to make deliveries
Synonyms: toter, carrier, bearer
Definition: someone whose employment involves carrying something
Usage: the bonds were transmitted by carrier
Synonyms: mail carrier, mailman, letter carrier, carrier, postman
Definition: a man who delivers the mail
Similar words: deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman
Definition: someone employed to make deliveries
Synonyms: carrier, carrier wave
Definition: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Similar words: radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave
Definition: an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: chemical, chemical substance
Definition: material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules