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acre
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n 1: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking
countries
2: a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
3: a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern
Mediterranean [syn: Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho]
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baker
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n 1: someone who bakes commercially
2: someone who bakes bread or cake [syn: baker, bread maker]
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bitter
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adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter
cold" [syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly,
bitter]
adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious
dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious,
bitter]
2: very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a
bitter sorrow"
3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her
acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
"blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn:
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering,
caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent,
vitriolic]
4: expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears"
5: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;
"a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"
6: causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is
bitter"
7: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used
especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn:
biting, bitter]
n 1: English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor
of hops (usually on draft)
2: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the
mouth [syn: bitter, bitterness]
3: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [syn:
bitterness, bitter]
v 1: make bitter
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bookmaker
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n 1: a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds
books
2: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse
races) [syn: bookmaker, bookie]
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breaker
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n 1: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone [syn:
breaker, ledgeman]
2: waves breaking on the shore [syn: surf, breaker,
breakers]
3: a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when
overloaded [syn: circuit breaker, breaker]
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cabinetmaker
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n 1: a woodworker who specializes in making furniture [syn:
cabinetmaker, furniture maker]
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caretaker
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n 1: a custodian who is hired to take care of something
(property or a person)
2: an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily;
"he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be
elected"
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critter
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n 1: a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic
animals)
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dressmaker
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n 1: someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker,
modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress]
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faker
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n 1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter,
impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham,
shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
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filmmaker
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n 1: a producer of motion pictures [syn: film maker,
filmmaker, film producer, movie maker]
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fitter
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adj 1: improved in health or physical condition [syn: fitter,
healthier]
n 1: someone who fits a garment to a particular person
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flitter
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v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
[syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]
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fritter
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n 1: small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or
vegetables
v 1: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
inheritance" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate,
shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away]
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glassmaker
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n 1: someone who makes glass
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glitter
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n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn:
glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation,
sparkle]
2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: glitter,
sparkle, coruscation]
v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]
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haymaker
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n 1: a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even
drying [syn: haymaker, hay conditioner]
2: a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue
boxing [syn: haymaker, knockout punch, KO punch,
Sunday punch]
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hitter
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n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter,
hitter, slugger, batsman]
2: someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the
ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" [syn: hitter,
striker]
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jitter
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n 1: small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from
fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations
or other sources
2: a small irregular movement
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knitter
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n 1: someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining
yarn or thread
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litter
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n 1: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
2: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in
public places)
3: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles
by bearers
4: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: bedding
material, bedding, litter]
v 1: strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"
2: make a place messy by strewing garbage around
3: give birth to a litter of animals
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maker
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n 1: a person who makes things [syn: maker, shaper]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
3: a business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn:
manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business]
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matchmaker
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n 1: someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for
others [syn: matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker]
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nacre
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n 1: the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell [syn:
mother-of-pearl, nacre]
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pacemaker
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n 1: a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a
pacesetter in community relations" [syn: pacesetter,
pacemaker]
2: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
[syn: pacemaker, cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node,
SA node]
3: an implanted electronic device that takes over the function
of the natural cardiac pacemaker [syn: pacemaker,
artificial pacemaker]
4: a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: pacer,
pacemaker, pacesetter]
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peacemaker
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n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator,
make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler]
2: a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds
per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and
the Korean War [syn: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker]
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Quaker
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n 1: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by
George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves
Quakers) [syn: Friend, Quaker]
2: one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear [syn:
quaker, trembler]
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quitter
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n 1: a person who gives up too easily
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shaker
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n 1: a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of
traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business
world" [syn: shaker, mover and shaker]
2: a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal
living and common possession of property and separation from
the world
3: a container in which something can be shaken
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sitter
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n 1: Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe
and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) [syn:
Sitter, Willem de Sitter]
2: an organism (person or animal) that sits [ant: stander]
3: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are
not home [syn: babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter]
4: a person who poses for a painter or sculptor [syn: artist's
model, sitter]
5: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody,
broody hen, setting hen, sitter]
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skitter
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v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle]
2: glide easily along a surface
3: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
[syn: skim, skip, skitter]
4: twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the
surface of water
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taker
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n 1: one who accepts an offer
2: one who takes a bet or wager
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titter
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n 1: a nervous restrained laugh
v 1: laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came
into the classroom" [syn: giggle, titter]
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toolmaker
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n 1: someone skilled in making or repairing tools
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twitter
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n 1: a series of chirps [syn: chirrup, twitter]
v 1: make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter,
twitter]
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chitter
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v 1: make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter,
twitter]
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spitter
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n 1: a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
[syn: spitter, expectorator]
2: an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or
Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he
throws it [syn: spitball, spitter]
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wanamaker
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n 1: United States businessman whose business grew into one of
the first department stores (1838-1922) [syn: Wanamaker,
John Wanamaker]
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boilermaker
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pitter
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quittor
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raker
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bakker
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staker
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laker
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saker
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drugmaker
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toymaker
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studebaker
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gunmaker
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