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51law enforcement agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms law enforcement agent : singular law enforcement agent plural law enforcement agents American a police officer …
52literary agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms literary agent : singular literary agent plural literary agents someone whose job is to help a writer to sell his or her work …
53press agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms press agent : singular press agent plural press agents someone whose job is to give news and photographs of a particular person or organization to newspaper, television, or radio companies …
54secret agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms secret agent : singular secret agent plural secret agents someone whose job involves working for a government and finding out the secrets of other governments …
55shipping agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shipping agent : singular shipping agent plural shipping agents business a person or company that prepares the legal documents that are necessary for goods to be carried by ship …
56special agent — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms special agent : singular special agent plural special agents someone who works for the FBI …
57active agent — noun chemical agent capable of activity • Syn: ↑active • Derivationally related forms: ↑active (for: ↑active) • Hypernyms: ↑chemical agent …
58chelating agent — che lat*ing a gent, n. (Chem.) a compound which forms a chelate with a metal ion. Note: Commonly used chelating agents in laboratory use are {EDTA} and {sodium citrate}. Citrate is used as an additive to blood collected in blood banks, to chelate …
59chelating agent — che·lat·ing agent kē .lā tiŋ n chelator * * * a chemical compound that forms complexes by binding metal ions. Some chelating agents, including desferrioxamine and penicillamine, are drugs used to treat metal poisoning: the metal is bound to the… …
60wetting agent — A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, causing the liquid to spread across or penetrate more easily the surface of a solid, making anything that is water soluble more quickly solved. Detergents and soaps generally accomplish …
