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anchor
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n 1: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
[syn: anchor, ground tackle]
2: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is
his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on
soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn:
anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin,
lynchpin]
3: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which
several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor,
anchorman, anchorperson]
v 1: fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
[syn: anchor, ground]
2: secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore"
[syn: anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor]
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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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banker
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n 1: a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
2: the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
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blinker
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n 1: a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to
send messages [syn: blinker, flasher]
2: a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the
direction in which the vehicle is about to turn [syn:
blinker, turn signal, turn indicator, trafficator]
3: blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of
the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on
either side [syn: winker, blinker, blinder]
v 1: put blinders on (a horse)
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bunker
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n 1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: bunker, sand trap,
trap]
2: a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were
full of coal"
3: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
[syn: bunker, dugout]
v 1: hit a golf ball into a bunker
2: fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil
3: transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse
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canker
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n 1: a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized
damage to the bark
2: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
[syn: canker, canker sore]
3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;
"racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation";
"according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn:
pestilence, canker]
v 1: become infected with a canker
2: infect with a canker
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chancre
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n 1: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a
pathogen (as syphilis)
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clinker
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n 1: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or
coal or charcoal fire [syn: cinder, clinker]
2: a hard brick used as a paving stone [syn: clinker, clinker
brick]
v 1: clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the
fire frequently"
2: turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in
burning
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conker
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n 1: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn:
buckeye, horse chestnut, conker]
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conquer
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v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent
uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's
desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit,
subdue, conquer, curb]
2: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the
invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";
"The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
[syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer]
3: overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a
country"
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cur
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n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur,
mongrel, mutt]
2: a cowardly and despicable person
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drinker
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n 1: a person who drinks liquids
2: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to
excess) [syn: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer] [ant:
abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker]
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flanker
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n 1: a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass
receiver [syn: flanker back, flanker]
2: a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard
the flanks of a military formation
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freethinker
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n 1: a person who believes that God created the universe and
then abandoned it [syn: deist, freethinker]
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hanker
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v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long,
yearn]
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hunker
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v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
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punkah
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n 1: a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that
is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for
circulating air in a room
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rancour
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n 1: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn:
resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour]
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ranker
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n 1: a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted
status
2: an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed
forces
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sinker
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n 1: a small ring-shaped friedcake [syn: doughnut, donut,
sinker]
2: a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under
water)
3: a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the
plate
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spanker
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n 1: a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open
hand; "someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see
who the slapper was"; "my father was the designated spanker
in our family" [syn: slapper, spanker]
2: a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually
the mizzenmast) of a vessel
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spelunker
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n 1: a person who explores caves [syn: potholer, spelunker,
speleologist, spelaeologist]
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stinker
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n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a
contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog,
rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke,
crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
2: anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap
cigar)
3: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or
unsatisfactory [syn: lemon, stinker]
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tanker
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n 1: a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk [syn: oil
tanker, oiler, tanker, tank ship]
2: a soldier who drives a tank [syn: tanker, tank driver]
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thinker
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n 1: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th
century" [syn: thinker, creative thinker, mind]
2: someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach
a decision)
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tinker
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n 1: a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines
and their parts [syn: tinker, tinkerer]
2: formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from
place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal
utensils as a way to earn a living
3: small mackerel found nearly worldwide [syn: chub mackerel,
tinker, Scomber japonicus]
v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
[syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker,
monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around]
2: work as a tinker or tinkerer
3: try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's
not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the
weekend" [syn: tinker, fiddle]
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winker
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n 1: a person who winks
2: blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of
the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on
either side [syn: winker, blinker, blinder]
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junker
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n 1: member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for
militarism
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rancor
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n 1: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn:
resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour]
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inca
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n 1: a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
2: a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in
Peru [syn: Inca, Inka, Incan]
3: the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru
who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to
create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the
Spanish conquest in the early 1530s [syn: Inca, Inka]
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wanker
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n 1: terms of abuse for a masturbator [syn: tosser, jerk-
off, wanker]
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younker
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n 1: a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: young
person, youth, younker, spring chicken]
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reconquer
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v 1: conquer anew; "The country reconquered the territory lost
in the previous war"
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stotinka
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n 1: 100 stotinka equal 1 lev in Bulgaria
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casablanca
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n 1: a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
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glinka
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n 1: Russian composer (1804-1857) [syn: Glinka, Mikhail
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka]
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vinca
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n 1: periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials [syn:
Vinca, genus Vinca]
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concha
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n 1: (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
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tanka
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n 1: a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five
syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables
2: a Tibetan religious painting on fabric
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supertanker
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n 1: the largest class of oil tankers
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debunker
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franker
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headshrinker
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inker
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lunker
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shrinker
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anker
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minke
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treblinka
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curr
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bianca
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cuenca
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salamanca
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capablanca
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finca
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jinker
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stonker
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