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bender
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n 1: a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"
2: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse,
carousal, bender, toot, booze-up]
3: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its
path curves as it approaches the batter [syn: curve, curve
ball, breaking ball, bender]
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blender
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n 1: an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix
or chop or liquefy foods [syn: blender, liquidizer,
liquidiser]
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contender
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n 1: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
[syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition,
contender]
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defender
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n 1: a person who cares for persons or property [syn:
defender, guardian, protector, shielder]
2: a fighter who holds out against attack [syn: defender,
withstander]
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engender
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v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]
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fender
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n 1: a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block
splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a
wing" [syn: fender, wing]
2: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear
the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot]
3: a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
4: a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
[syn: buffer, fender]
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gender
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n 1: a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the
agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in
some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European
languages it is usually based on sex or animateness [syn:
gender, grammatical gender]
2: the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of
their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of
the foetus" [syn: sex, gender, sexuality]
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lender
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n 1: someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
[syn: lender, loaner] [ant: borrower]
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offender
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n 1: a person who transgresses moral or civil law [syn:
wrongdoer, offender]
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spender
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n 1: English poet and critic (1909-1995) [syn: Spender,
Stephen Spender, Sir Stephen Harold Spender]
2: someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spendthrift,
spend-all, spender, scattergood]
3: someone who spends money to purchase goods or services [syn:
spender, disburser, expender]
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surrender
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n 1: acceptance of despair [syn: resignation, surrender]
2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up,
yielding, surrender]
3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
4: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions);
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
[syn: capitulation, fall, surrender]
v 1: give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of
another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
[syn: surrender, give up] [ant: hold out, resist,
stand firm, withstand]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
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suspender
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n 1: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the
plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus]
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tender
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adj 1: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a
tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care";
"tender memories"; "a tender mother" [ant: tough]
2: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
3: young and immature; "at a tender age"
4: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender
glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, fond,
lovesome, tender, warm]
5: easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" [ant: tough]
6: physically untoughened; "tender feet" [syn: tender,
untoughened] [ant: tough, toughened]
7: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn:
crank, cranky, tender, tippy]
8: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing
condition; "tender green shoots"
n 1: something that can be used as an official medium of payment
[syn: tender, legal tender, stamp]
2: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of
another [syn: attendant, attender, tender]
3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid,
tender]
4: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5: a boat for communication between ship and shore [syn:
tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter]
6: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships [syn:
tender, supply ship]
v 1: offer or present for acceptance
2: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for
the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender]
3: make a tender of; in legal settlements
4: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or
applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat" [syn: tender,
tenderize, tenderise]
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vendor
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n 1: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for
money [syn: seller, marketer, vender, vendor,
trafficker]
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splendor
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n 1: a quality that outshines the usual [syn: luster,
lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour]
2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
"it is the university that gives the scene its stately
splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence,
brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur,
grandness]
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ender
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schlender
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skender
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stender
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callender
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cavender
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challender
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allender
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kender
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pender
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wender
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yender
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zehnder
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zender
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brender
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brendor
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