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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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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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bandleader
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n 1: the leader of a dance band
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bleeder
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n 1: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable
bleeding [syn: hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder,
hemophile, haemophile]
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breeder
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n 1: a person who breeds animals [syn: breeder, stock
breeder]
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cedar
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n 1: any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that
resemble cedars [syn: cedar, cedar tree]
2: durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees;
especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
[syn: cedar, cedarwood]
3: any cedar of the genus Cedrus [syn: cedar, cedar tree,
true cedar]
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cheerleader
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n 1: an enthusiastic and vocal supporter; "he has become a
cheerleader for therapeutic cloning"
2: someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting
event
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cicada
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n 1: stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has
drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone [syn:
cicada, cicala]
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copyreader
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n 1: an editor who prepares text for publication [syn: copy
editor, copyreader, text editor]
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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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de
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n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
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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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feeder
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n 1: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
2: someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: eater,
feeder]
3: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder,
tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary]
4: a machine that automatically provides a supply of some
material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the
livestock" [syn: self-feeder, feeder]
5: an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds [syn:
bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder]
6: an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark
feeder"; "a mud feeder"
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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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leader
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n 1: a person who rules or guides or inspires others [ant:
follower]
2: a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to
draw customers [syn: drawing card, loss leader, leader]
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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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pleader
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n 1: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: advocate,
counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law,
pleader]
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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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reader
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n 1: a person who enjoys reading
2: someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a
certain number of issues of a publication [syn: subscriber,
reader]
3: a person who can read; a literate person
4: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability
for publication [syn: reviewer, referee, reader]
5: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark
corrections [syn: proofreader, reader]
6: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone
ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church [syn:
lector, reader]
7: a public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector,
lecturer, reader]
8: one of a series of texts for students learning to read
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ringleader
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n 1: a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
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speeder
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n 1: a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit [syn: speeder,
speed demon]
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trader
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n 1: someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods
to be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger]
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wader
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n 1: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search
of food [syn: wading bird, wader]
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seeder
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n 1: a person who seeds clouds [syn: seeder, cloud seeder]
2: a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over
the ground
3: a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit
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weeder
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n 1: a farmhand hired to remove weeds
2: a hand tool for removing weeds [syn: weeder, weed-
whacker]
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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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beda
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
[syn: Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint
Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the
Venerable Bede]
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veda
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n 1: (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most
ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early
Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas,
the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads [syn:
Vedic literature, Veda]
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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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reseda
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n 1: any plant of the genus Reseda
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leda
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus
who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was
conceived in the rape of Leda
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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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corrida
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n 1: a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a
matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before
many spectators [syn: bullfight, corrida]
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newsreader
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n 1: someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin [syn:
newsreader, news reader]
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ah
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blockader
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braider
0
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conceder
0
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dissuader
0
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evader
0
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fader
0
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kneader
0
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lieder
0
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stockbreeder
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aider
0
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ahh
0
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nader
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upgrader
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adah
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gayda
0
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gleda
0
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heda
0
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leyda
0
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maida
0
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mayda
0
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meda
0
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neda
0
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reda
0
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seda
0
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vayda
0
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aleda
0
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almeda
0
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aweida
0
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barreda
0
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cepeda
0
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epeda
0
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esqueda
0
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haneda
0
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ikeda
0
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laveda
0
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lebeda
0
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maceda
0
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mosqueda
0
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ojeda
0
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olmeda
0
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pereda
0
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sauceda
0
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sauseda
0
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sepeda
0
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takeda
0
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tejeda
0
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ueda
0
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valeda
0
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zenaida
0
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zepeda
0
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halimeda
0
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sepulveda
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aida
0
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elfreda
0
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ouida
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interpleader
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