| ADDRESSOR | • addressor n. Alternative form of addresser. • ADDRESSOR n. one who addresses, also ADDRESSER. |
| AGGRESSOR | • aggressor n. The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. • Aggressor prop.n. A fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950’s. • Aggressor n. A citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state. |
| COMPRESSOR | • compressor n. A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas. • compressor n. A device that squeezes (compresses). • compressor n. (Audio) A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. |
| COREPRESSOR | • corepressor n. (Genetics) Any substance that reacts with a genetic repressor in order to activate it and decrease gene expression. • COREPRESSOR n. a small molecule that activates a particular genetic repressor by combining with it. |
| DECOMPRESSOR | • decompressor n. That which decompresses. • DECOMPRESSOR n. a device for decompressing. |
| DEPRESSOR | • depressor n. Anything that depresses… • DEPRESSOR n. one who, or that which, presses down. |
| MICROAGGRESSOR | • microaggressor n. One who engages in acts of microaggression. |
| OPPRESSOR | • oppressor n. Someone who oppresses another or others. • OPPRESSOR n. one that oppresses. |
| PRESSOR | • pressor adj. Synonym of vasopressor. • pressor n. Synonym of vasopressor. • PRESSOR n. a substance that raises blood pressure. |
| REDRESSOR | • redressor n. Alternative form of redresser. • REDRESSOR n. one who redresses, also REDRESSER. |
| REGRESSOR | • regressor n. That which regresses, or causes regression. • REGRESSOR n. one who regresses. |
| REPRESSOR | • repressor n. Anything that represses. • repressor n. (Genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the… • REPRESSOR n. one who represses, also REPRESSER. |
| STRESSOR | • stressor n. (Psychology, biology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism. • STRESSOR n. an agent or factor that causes stress. |
| SUPPRESSOR | • suppressor n. A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device. • suppressor n. A person who suppresses others, a tyrant. • suppressor n. (Genetics) A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis. |
| TRANSGRESSOR | • transgressor n. Someone who transgresses. • TRANSGRESSOR n. one who transgresses. |
| VASOPRESSOR | • vasopressor adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to the constriction of blood vessels, which usually causes a rise in blood pressure. • vasopressor n. (Medicine) An agent that causes such constriction: a medication that tends to increase blood pressure. • VASOPRESSOR n. a drug causing a rise in blood pressure by exerting a vasoconstrictor effect. |