CORRECTORS Synonyms

• a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces

• one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement

• someone who maintains and audits business accounts

• a person who directs and restrains

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

• (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

• someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

• a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

• a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

• synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

• a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

• a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

• a person who changes something

• a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

• a power tool used to buff surfaces

• someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections

• electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current

• a person who corrects or sets right

• someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

• any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.

• an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest

• a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

• someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

• a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

• someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

• someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

• someone who examines votes at an election