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achiever
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n 1: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never
be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need
apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like
a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success,
succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter,
unsuccessful person]
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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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beaver
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n 1: the soft brown fur of the beaver [syn: beaver, beaver
fur]
2: a native or resident of Oregon [syn: Oregonian, Beaver]
3: a full beard
4: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or
with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat,
silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver]
5: a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect
the lower face
6: a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
[syn: beaver, castor]
7: large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad
flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
v 1: work hard on something [syn: beaver, beaver away]
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believer
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n 1: a supporter who accepts something as true [syn: believer,
truster]
2: a person who has religious faith [syn: believer,
worshiper, worshipper]
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cantilever
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n 1: projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
v 1: project as a cantilever
2: construct with girders and beams such that only one end is
fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
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cleaver
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n 1: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn:
cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]
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clever
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adj 1: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with
others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn:
cagey, cagy, canny, clever]
2: mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a
clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram
Stoker [syn: apt, clever]
3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning,
ingenious]
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deceiver
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n 1: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
beguiler, slicker]
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disbeliever
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n 1: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn:
disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever]
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fever
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n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity,
pyrexia, feverishness]
2: intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"
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forever
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adv 1: for a limitless time; "no one can live forever";
"brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse
evermore"- P.P.Bliss [syn: everlastingly, eternally,
forever, evermore]
2: for a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever
to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day" [syn:
forever, forever and a day]
3: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing"
[syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually,
incessantly]
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griever
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n 1: a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who
has died) [syn: mourner, griever, sorrower,
lamenter]
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heaver
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n 1: a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)
2: a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a
dockyard)
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leaver
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n 1: someone who leaves [syn: departer, leaver, goer]
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lever
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n 1: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
2: a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given
a fulcrum
3: a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock [syn: lever, lever
tumbler]
v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to
pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise,
prize, lever, jimmy]
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receiver
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n 1: set that receives radio or tv signals [syn: receiver,
receiving system]
2: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who
liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of
affected parties [syn: liquidator, receiver]
3: earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds [syn:
telephone receiver, receiver]
4: a person who receives something [syn: recipient,
receiver]
5: the tennis player who receives the serve
6: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a
forward pass [syn: receiver, pass receiver, pass
catcher]
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reliever
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n 1: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get
dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for
dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer
fill-ins" [syn: stand-in, substitute, relief,
reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]
2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms
and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
[syn: reliever, allayer, comforter]
3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever,
relief pitcher, fireman]
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retriever
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n 1: a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained
to retrieve game
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weaver
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n 1: a craftsman who weaves cloth
2: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their
elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver, weaverbird, weaver
finch]
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whatever
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adj 1: one or some or every or all without specification; "give
me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left";
"any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day
now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at
twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need
any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't
want"; "no milk whatsoever is left" [syn: any(a),
whatever, whatsoever]
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wherever
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adv 1: where in the world [syn: wherever, wheresoever]
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nonbeliever
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n 1: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn:
disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever]
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cheever
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n 1: United States writer of novels and short stories
(1912-1982) [syn: Cheever, John Cheever]
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endeavor
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n 1: a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one
that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the
whole enterprise" [syn: enterprise, endeavor,
endeavour]
2: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or
accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the
reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she
gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor,
endeavour, try]
v 1: attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our
customers happy" [syn: endeavor, endeavour, strive]
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reaver
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whoever
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biever
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deaver
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dever
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driever
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greever
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keever
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leever
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reever
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schriever
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seaver
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seever
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siever
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steever
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stever
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wever
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mcgeever
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mckeever
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vandever
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unilever
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kochevar
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