ALERTER | • alerter n. One who or that which alerts. • alerter adj. Comparative form of alert: more alert. • ALERT adj. ready for sudden action. |
ANIMADVERTER | • animadverter n. (Obsolete) One who animadverts; a censurer or chastiser. • ANIMADVERTER n. one who animadverts, comments on critically. |
ASSERTER | • asserter n. Alternative form of assertor. • ASSERTER n. one who asserts, also ASSERTOR. |
AVERTER | • averter n. One who, or that which, averts. • AVERTER n. one who averts. |
CARDIOVERTER | • cardioverter n. A machine that performs cardioversion (specifically, electrocardioversion), in either hospital equipment… |
CONTROVERTER | • controverter n. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist. • CONTROVERTER n. one who controverts. |
CONVERTER | • converter n. A person or thing that converts. • CONVERTER n. something or someone that converts, also CONVERTOR. |
COVERTER | • COVERT adj. secret. |
DESERTER | • deserter n. (Military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military… • DESERTER n. one that deserts. |
DIVERTER | • diverter n. A person or thing that diverts. • diverter n. A valve used to change the flow of fluid through a system of pipes. • diverter n. (Telecommunications) A device for forwarding calls to another telephone line. |
INERTER | • INERT adj. passive. |
INSERTER | • inserter n. A person who, or device that inserts. • inserter n. A machine that inserts components into envelopes for mass mailing. • INSERTER n. one who inserts. |
INVERTER | • inverter n. Something that inverts, or causes inversion. • inverter n. (Electrical engineering) A power inverter. • INVERTER n. one who inverts, also INVERTOR. |
PERTER | • perter adj. Comparative form of pert: more pert. • PERT adj. impudent, jaunty. |
PERVERTER | • perverter n. One who perverts (a person or thing). • PERVERTER n. one who perverts. |
REVERTER | • reverter n. One who, or that which, reverts. • reverter n. (Property law) The reversion of ownership of an estate in land to the original grantor pursuant to the… • REVERTER n. one who, or that which, reverts. |
SUBVERTER | • subverter n. One who subverts. • SUBVERTER n. one who, or that which, subverts. |
TELECONVERTER | • teleconverter n. (Photography) A secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to enlarge the… • TELECONVERTER n. a supplementary lens system for converting a camera lens to a greater focal length. |
TRANSVERTER | • transverter n. A device used in radio, consisting of an upconverter and a downconverter in a single unit. • TRANSVERTER n. a piece of equipment attached to a radio transceiver to enable it to transmit and receive on additional frequencies. |