role
identity of an item in relation to another specified item
defendant
accused party in a legal case
cathode
electrode from which conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device
oxidizing agent
chemical compound used to oxidize another substance
codomain
target set of a mathematical function, superset of image
precursor
compound that participates in a chemical reaction that produces another compound
bottom
role in a BDSM relationship
switch
role in a BDSM relationship
role
character or part played by a performer
control group
group of experiment subjects that receive no research intervention (or placebo)
handwriting
set of features that characterize a person's handwriting
Challenger (America's Cup)
sailing boat sailing
fiscal agent
person or organization which handles finances and fiscal matters on behalf of another party
language community
community sharing a particular language
petitioner
legal concept
sender
person or organization sending a communication
order of succession
ordered list of individuals in line to take on a given position should the office become vacant
proprietor
one who owns something, such as enterprise
winner
one who wins a contest
source
entity (person, place, text, thing, etc.) from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
narrator
character or non-personal voice that tells the story to the audience
tipping-point state
US state that secures a victory in a presidential election, when all states are arranged in decreasing order of vote margin for the winner
participant
chemical substance which takes part in a chemical process; may not be an input, output or intermediate
creditor
person or organization that has a right to a benefit
activation energy
energy that must be input to a system to undergo a reaction or process
proto-language
postulated common ancestor of a language family
multiplicative inverse
of a number x, 1 divided by x
transpose matrix
result of transposing a matrix
foreigner
person not having citizenship in a country
stock character
literary or social stereotype used to create characters or determine their role in a story
issuer
legal entity that develops, registers and sells securities
acidic oxide
anhydride of an inorganic acid: oxide compound that reacts with water to form an acid
proxy
person who acts on another's behalf
neighbor
geographically-nearby person or other occupant
weak acid
acid that dissociates only partially in a given solvent
testator
person who makes a will
victimiser
person who causes damage to a victim
respondent
reacting party in a lawsuit/court case
colleague
another person in the same social or organizational group
status
hierarchical identity of an entity among other entities
valence shell
outermost occupied electron shell
appellant
litigant who appeals an adverse judgement
loser
one who loses a competition
superclass
in object-oriented programming, a class that another class inherits from
third party
person other than those directly linked by a particular legal relationship
isomer
molecule with identical atomic composition as another, but with different structures or orientations
element
any one of the distinct objects that make up a set in set theory
executor
person who has to carry out another person's last will and testament
customer
recipient of a good, service, product or idea obtained from a seller via a financial transaction
flower girl
young girl who scatters flower petals down the aisle during a wedding procession
derivative
compound that is derived from a similar compound by a chemical reaction