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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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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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attacker
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n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor,
assailant, assaulter]
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backer
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n 1: invests in a theatrical production [syn: angel, backer]
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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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bellyacher
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n 1: a person given to excessive complaints and crying and
whining [syn: whiner, complainer, moaner,
sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler,
squawker]
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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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cracker
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n 1: a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without
leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
2: a poor White person in the southern United States [syn:
redneck, cracker]
3: a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to)
computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are
often mistakenly called hackers"
4: firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a
heavy paper casing [syn: firecracker, cracker, banger]
5: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing
candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
[syn: cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon]
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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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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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knacker
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n 1: someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up
to recover the materials in them
2: someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
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linebacker
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n 1: a defensive football player who takes a position close
behind the linemen [syn: linebacker, line backer]
2: (American football) the position of a defensive football
player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage [syn:
linebacker, line backer]
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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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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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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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slacker
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n 1: a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who
tries to evade military service in wartime) [syn:
slacker, shirker]
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smacker
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n 1: a loud kiss
2: a very powerful blow with the fist
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stacker
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n 1: a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
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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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tracker
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n 1: someone who tracks down game
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undertaker
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n 1: one whose business is the management of funerals [syn:
mortician, undertaker, funeral undertaker, funeral
director]
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whacker
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n 1: something especially big or impressive of its kind [syn:
whacker, whopper]
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heartbreaker
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n 1: a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional
relationships
2: a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute
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boilermaker
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raker
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blaker
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braker
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craker
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fraker
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kraker
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spraker
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staker
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straker
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achor
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acker
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akre
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laker
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saker
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brewbaker
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drugmaker
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hawbaker
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kobacker
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schabacker
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vanacker
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blankenbaker
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fazenbaker
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hazelbaker
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pennebaker
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studebaker
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wisenbaker
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debacker
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curr
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