n. a substance that exerts some force or effect

n. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

n. a substance that exerts some force or effect

n. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

n. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

n. program that remains on the background and only pops up when something occurs (filtering incoming mail, searching for updates of web sites)

adj. having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

adj. possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers"

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

n. a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

n. the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)

n. a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

n. (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

n. a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

n. a person who deals tactfully with others

n. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

n. a person who carries a message

n. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

n. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

n. someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

n. a police officer who investigates crimes

n. a person employed to watch for something to happen

n. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

n. a male spokesperson

n. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit

n. the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

n. a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will

n. a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

n. a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

n. the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)

n. a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

n. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

n. someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

n. a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"

n. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

n. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

n. someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

n. a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet"

n. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

n. an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

n. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

n. an employee who performs manual or industrial labor

n. a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"

n. a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"

n. a worker who is hired to perform a job

n. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

adj. acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"

adj. endowed with talent or talents; " a gifted writer"

adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

adj. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

adj. worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; "such action is neither necessary nor advisable"; "extreme caution is advisable"; "it is advisable to telephone first"

adj. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness

adj. serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

adj. appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

adj. having wisdom that comes with age and experience

adj. having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"

adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

adj. well informed about or familiar with; usu followed by "with": "conversant with business trends"

adj. having fair knowledge of; "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts"

adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"

adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"

adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

adj. consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"

adj. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"

adj. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

adj. perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere

adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"

adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

adj. heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"

adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

adj. mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

adj. being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

adj. having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

adj. of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

adj. based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"

adj. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement"

adj. showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

adj. ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"

adj. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

adj. exhibiting native good judgment; "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated"

adj. based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"

adj. based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions"

adj. lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers"

adj. lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

adj. not using intelligence

adj. not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"