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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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attainder
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n 1: cancellation of civil rights [syn: attainder, civil
death]
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banner
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adj 1: unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the
company"
n 1: long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or
advertising [syn: banner, streamer]
2: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn:
streamer, banner]
3: any distinctive flag [syn: standard, banner]
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bystander
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n 1: a nonparticipant spectator
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campaigner
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n 1: a politician who is running for public office [syn:
campaigner, candidate, nominee]
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candour
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n 1: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude
and speech [syn: candor, candour, candidness,
frankness, directness, forthrightness]
2: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or
dishonesty [syn: fairness, fair-mindedness, candor,
candour] [ant: unfairness]
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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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commander
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n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding
officer, commandant, commander]
2: someone in an official position of authority who can command
or control others
3: a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant
commander and below a captain
4: an officer in the airforce [syn: air force officer,
commander]
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container
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n 1: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a
large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that
can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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coriander
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n 1: Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling
parsley [syn: coriander, coriander plant, Chinese
parsley, cilantro, Coriandrum sativum]
2: dried coriander seeds used whole or ground [syn: coriander,
coriander seed]
3: parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish [syn:
coriander, Chinese parsley, cilantro]
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crammer
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n 1: a student who crams
2: a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
3: a special school where students are crammed
4: a textbook designed for cramming
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dander
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n 1: small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers
that can cause allergic reactions in some people
2: a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or
dander up" [syn: dander, hackles]
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demander
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n 1: a person who makes demands
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disclaimer
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n 1: (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to
something
2: denial of any connection with or knowledge of [syn:
disavowal, disclaimer]
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framer
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n 1: someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
2: someone who writes a new law or plan; "the framers of the
Constitution"
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gainer
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n 1: a person who gains weight [syn: gainer, weight gainer]
2: a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits);
"she was clearly the gainer in that exchange"
3: a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete
a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first
and facing away from the diving board [syn: gainer, full
gainer]
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gander
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n 1: mature male goose
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glamour
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n 1: alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [syn:
glamor, glamour]
v 1: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on
someone or something [syn: hex, bewitch, glamour,
witch, enchant, jinx]
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grammar
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n 1: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and
morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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hammer
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n 1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when
the trigger is pulled [syn: hammer, cock]
2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to
deliver an impulsive force by striking
3: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus,
hammer]
4: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas,
glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer]
5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the
hammer throw
6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano
strings to vibrate
7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: hammer, power
hammer]
8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding
of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering,
pounding]
v 1: beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
2: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge
a pair of tongues" [syn: forge, hammer]
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hangar
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n 1: a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be
stored and maintained [syn: airdock, hangar, repair
shed]
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hanger
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n 1: a worker who hangs something
2: anything from which something can be hung
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jammer
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n 1: a transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming
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lander
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n 1: a town in central Wyoming
2: a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or
another planet
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manner
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n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: a way of acting or behaving [syn: manner, personal
manner]
3: a kind; "what manner of man are you?"
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manor
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n 1: the mansion of a lord or wealthy person [syn: manor,
manor house]
2: the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
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meander
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n 1: a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
2: an aimless amble on a winding course [syn: ramble,
meander]
v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout
wanders through the entire body" [syn: weave, wind,
thread, meander, wander]
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pander
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n 1: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they
call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer,
pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce]
v 1: yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: gratify, pander,
indulge]
2: arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander,
pimp, procure]
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planer
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n 1: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: plane,
planer, planing machine]
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planner
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n 1: a person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver,
deviser]
2: a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done,
etc.
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salamander
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n 1: any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that
resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
2: reptilian creature supposed to live in fire
3: fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to
stir a fire [syn: poker, stove poker, fire hook,
salamander]
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sander
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n 1: a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of
sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor [syn:
drum sander, electric sander, sander, smoother]
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scanner
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n 1: someone who scans verse to determine the number and
prosodic value of the syllables
2: an electronic device that generates a digital representation
of an image for data input to a computer [syn: scanner,
digital scanner, image scanner]
3: a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a
broad area
4: a radio receiver that moves automatically across some
selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or
condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio
channels" [syn: scanner, electronic scanner]
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slander
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n 1: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn:
aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation,
denigration]
v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]
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spanner
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n 1: a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
[syn: wrench, spanner]
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stammer
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n 1: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
repetitions of certain sounds [syn: stammer, stutter]
v 1: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter,
stammer, falter]
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tamer
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n 1: an animal trainer who tames wild animals
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tanner
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n 1: a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not
minted since 1970 [syn: sixpence, tanner]
2: a craftsman who tans skins and hides
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trainer
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n 1: one who trains other persons or animals
2: simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that
simulates the conditions of flying a plane [syn: flight
simulator, trainer]
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candor
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n 1: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or
dishonesty [syn: fairness, fair-mindedness, candor,
candour] [ant: unfairness]
2: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude
and speech [syn: candor, candour, candidness,
frankness, directness, forthrightness]
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clamor
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n 1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring,
cacophony, clamor, din]
2: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the
clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamoring, clamour,
clamouring, hue and cry]
v 1: make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
[syn: clamor, clamour]
2: utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates
clamored their disappointment" [syn: clamor, clamour]
3: compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They
clamored the mayor into building a new park"
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glamor
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n 1: alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [syn:
glamor, glamour]
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slammer
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n 1: a person who closes things violently; "she's a dramatic
slammer of doors"
2: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in
the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons
awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn:
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky,
pokey]
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stander
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n 1: an organism (person or animal) that stands; "a crowd of
sitters and standers" [ant: sitter]
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leander
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a
storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see
her
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lysander
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n 1: Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final
battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
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alexander
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n 1: European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized
in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a
potherb [syn: Alexander, Alexanders, black lovage,
horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum]
2: king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia;
founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) [syn: Alexander,
Alexander the Great]
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cliffhanger
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n 1: a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
2: an episode that ends in suspense
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blandisher
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brander
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canner
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drainer
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grander
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lamer
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plainer
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saner
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bander
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gamer
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glander
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standre
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evander
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rosander
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santander
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skenandore
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telander
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aleksander
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aleksandr
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mcalexander
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ander
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hander
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landor
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mander
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rander
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sandor
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vander
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zander
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