content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned

phrase - an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb

intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something

adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun

dangling modifier, misplaced modifier - a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'

moderator - someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence

human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

adulterator - a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance

normaliser, normalizer - a person who normalizes

standardiser, standardizer - a person who sets a standard for things to conform to

cistron, gene, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"