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persuader
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n 1: someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on [syn:
persuader, inducer]
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abrader
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n 1: a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or
polishing [syn: abrader, abradant]
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bragger
0
n 1: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: bragger,
braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter,
vaunter]
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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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clatter
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n 1: a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the
shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron
wheels on cobblestones"
v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter,
clack, brattle]
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crusader
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n 1: a disputant who advocates reform [syn: reformer,
reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist]
2: a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the Crusaders tried to
recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
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debater
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n 1: someone who engages in debate [syn: debater, arguer]
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degrader
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n 1: a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as
by adding cheaper metal to coins) [syn: debaser,
degrader]
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grader
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n 1: a judge who assigns grades to something
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invader
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n 1: someone who enters by force in order to conquer [syn:
invader, encroacher]
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nadir
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n 1: an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
[syn: nadir, low-water mark]
2: the point below the observer that is directly opposite the
zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies
appear to be projected [ant: zenith]
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raider
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n 1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn:
plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler,
raider, freebooter]
2: a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by
buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new
management
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seder
0
n 1: (Judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both
nights) of Passover [syn: Seder, Passover supper]
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trader
0
n 1: someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods
to be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger]
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wader
0
n 1: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search
of food [syn: wading bird, wader]
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belabor
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v 1: to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious" [syn:
belabor, belabour]
2: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by
her fellow students" [syn: belabor, belabour]
3: beat soundly [syn: belabour, belabor]
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ada
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n 1: an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the
deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA
deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined
immunodeficiency disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one
of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for
study" [syn: adenosine deaminase, ADA]
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grenada
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n 1: an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern
Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British
Commonwealth
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hodeida
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n 1: an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea [syn: Hodeida,
Al-Hudaydah]
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blacker
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braider
0
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dissuader
0
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evader
0
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fader
0
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aider
0
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shader
0
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staider
0
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breda
0
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ader
0
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bader
0
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crader
0
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nader
0
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spader
0
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vader
0
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upgrader
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