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bracer
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n 1: a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in
archery and fencing and other sports [syn: bracer,
armguard]
2: a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) [syn:
bracer, pick-me-up]
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chaser
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n 1: a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture;
"always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"
[syn: pursuer, chaser]
2: a drink to follow immediately after another drink
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checker
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n 1: an attendant who checks coats or baggage
2: one who checks the correctness of something
3: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of
checkers [syn: checker, chequer]
v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
[syn: check, checker, chequer]
2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn:
checker, chequer]
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core
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n 1: a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five
periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
[syn: core, nucleus, core group]
2: the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
3: the central part of the Earth
4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the
story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center,
centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-
gritty]
5: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow
drill
6: an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to
work for racial equality [syn: Congress of Racial Equality,
CORE]
7: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
[syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist]
8: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a
random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded
by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing
through it, providing the means to select and detect the
contents of each bit" [syn: core, magnetic core]
9: the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile
material where the reaction takes place
10: a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes
through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the
coil
v 1: remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
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corps
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n 1: an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions
and their support [syn: corps, army corps]
2: a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps"
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cur
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n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur,
mongrel, mutt]
2: a cowardly and despicable person
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decor
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n 1: decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a
livable interior [syn: interior decoration, decor]
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wrecker
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n 1: someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
2: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
[syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist]
3: a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove
cars from no-parking zones) [syn: tow truck, tow car,
wrecker]
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decker
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n 1: English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) [syn:
Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker]
2: (often used in combinations) something constructed with
multiple levels; "they rode in a double-decker bus"
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acer
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n 1: type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged
fruit [syn: Acer, genus Acer]
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coar
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cohr
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cor
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corr
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becker
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tracor
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baecker
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becher
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beker
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bekker
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