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banter
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n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give-
and-take, backchat]
v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh,
banter]
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canter
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n 1: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop [syn:
canter, lope]
v 1: ride at a canter; "The men cantered away"
2: go at a canter, of horses
3: ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the
meadow"
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cantor
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n 1: the musical director of a choir [syn: choirmaster,
precentor, cantor]
2: the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part
of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be
performed as solos [syn: cantor, hazan]
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chanter
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n 1: reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
[syn: chanter, melody pipe]
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decanter
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n 1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn:
carafe, decanter]
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enchanter
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n 1: a sorcerer or magician
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granter
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n 1: a person who grants or gives something [ant: withholder]
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grantor
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n 1: a person who makes a grant in legal form; "conveyed from
grantor to grantee"
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grunter
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n 1: a person who grunts
2: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer,
Sus scrofa]
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inter
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v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to
rest]
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jointer
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n 1: a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards
so they will fit together [syn: jointer, jointer plane,
jointing plane, long plane]
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levanter
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n 1: an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area
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minter
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n 1: a skilled worker who coins or stamps money [syn: coiner,
minter, moneyer]
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painter
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n 1: an artist who paints
2: a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
3: a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for
tying up (as when docking or towing)
4: large American feline resembling a lion [syn: cougar,
puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther,
Felis concolor]
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plantar
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adj 1: relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot;
"plantar warts can be very painful"
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planter
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n 1: the owner or manager of a plantation [syn: planter,
plantation owner]
2: a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
3: a decorative pot for house plants
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pointer
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n 1: a mark to indicate a direction or relation [syn: arrow,
pointer]
2: an indicator as on a dial
3: (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of
light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the
user to point to commands or screen positions [syn: cursor,
pointer]
4: a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a
white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points
to game [syn: pointer, Spanish pointer]
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printer
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n 1: someone whose occupation is printing [syn: printer,
pressman]
2: (computer science) an output device that prints the results
of data processing
3: a machine that prints [syn: printer, printing machine]
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punter
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n 1: someone who propels a boat with a pole
2: (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it
from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits
the ground
3: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer,
punter]
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renter
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n 1: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car
that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a
tenant who doesn't pay the rent" [syn: tenant, renter]
2: an owner of property who receives payment for its use by
another person
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splinter
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n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn:
splinter, sliver]
v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the
break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
[syn: secede, splinter, break away]
2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter]
3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
[syn: splinter, sliver]
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winter
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n 1: the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere
it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
[syn: winter, wintertime]
v 1: spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera";
"Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" [syn:
winter, overwinter]
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mounter
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n 1: a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.
2: someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the
staircase" [syn: mounter, climber]
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ranter
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n 1: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud
manner [syn: ranter, raver]
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shunter
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n 1: a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make
trips
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stentor
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n 1: a speaker with an unusually loud voice
2: the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who
died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
3: any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are
members of the genus Stentor
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stinter
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n 1: an economizer who stints someone with something
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tinter
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n 1: a hairdresser who tints hair
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flaunter
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haunter
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tranter
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galanter
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ganter
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kanter
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kantor
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lanter
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manter
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panter
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santer
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santor
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