floaters

Noun

• spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
  • "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"
• a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
• a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
• an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
• a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
• a swimmer who floats in the water
• an object that floats or is capable of floating
• an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
• plural of floater

Synonyms

drifter, floater, floating policy, musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots, vagabond, vagrant