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comforter
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n 1: commiserates with someone who has had misfortune [syn:
sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter]
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: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort,
puff]
4: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn:
comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring]
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compositor
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n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor,
typesetter, setter, typographer]
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conservator
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n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
[syn: curator, conservator]
2: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the
interests of a minor or incompetent person
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inquisitor
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n 1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: inquisitor,
interrogator]
2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
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interlocutor
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n 1: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages
the others in talk [syn: interlocutor, middleman]
2: a person who takes part in a conversation [syn:
interlocutor, conversational partner]
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interpreter
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n 1: someone who mediates between speakers of different
languages [syn: interpreter, translator]
2: someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings
reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as
an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
3: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major
organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter,
representative, voice]
4: (computer science) a program that translates and executes
source language statements one line at a time [syn:
interpreter, interpretive program]
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janitor
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n 1: someone employed to clean and maintain a building
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monitor
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n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor,
monitor]
2: someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
[syn: admonisher, monitor, reminder]
3: an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with
the Merrimac
4: display produced by a device that takes signals and displays
them on a television screen or a computer monitor [syn:
monitor, monitoring device]
5: electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or
content of electronic transmissions
6: a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the
operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
7: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa
and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn:
monitor, monitor lizard, varan]
v 1: keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we
are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the
suspect's moves" [syn: monitor, supervise]
2: check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
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orator
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n 1: a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator,
speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker,
speechifier]
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ovipositor
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n 1: egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in
many female insects and some fishes
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primogenitor
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n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor,
primogenitor]
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progenitor
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n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor,
primogenitor]
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riveter
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n 1: a worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter,
rivetter]
2: a machine for driving rivets [syn: riveting machine,
riveter, rivetter]
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senator
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n 1: a member of a senate
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servitor
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n 1: someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone
else
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solicitor
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n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
[syn: solicitor, canvasser]
2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal
documents
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stigmata
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n 1: marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
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taffeta
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n 1: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
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visitor
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n 1: someone who visits [syn: visitor, visitant]
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sen
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n 1: a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and
Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
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mahabharata
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n 1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in
many episodes with the struggle between two rival families
[syn: Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum]
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sagitta
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n 1: a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between
Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way
2: any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
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masseter
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n 1: a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in
chewing
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ureter
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n 1: either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine
from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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collocutor
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comparator
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prolocutor
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sequitur
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lysistrata
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premonitor
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exeter
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