carrier

Carrier has 3 syllables: car · ri · er.

noun. A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal.

noun. A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something.

noun. (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring.

noun. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others.