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bloater
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n 1: large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked
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boater
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n 1: a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown [syn: boater,
leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer,
straw hat]
2: someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: boatman,
boater, waterman]
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breechloader
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n 1: a gun that is loaded at the breech
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broker
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n 1: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for
a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker]
v 1: act as a broker
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choker
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n 1: someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter,
garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker]
2: an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively
because of nervous tension or agitation; "he could win if he
wasn't a choker"
3: necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck [syn:
choker, collar, dog collar, neckband]
4: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck
ruff]
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cloture
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n 1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
[syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law]
v 1: terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure,
cloture]
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decoder
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n 1: the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code
to plain text [syn: decoder, decipherer]
2: a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language
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floater
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n 1: spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in
the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift
through the field of vision" [syn: musca volitans,
muscae volitantes, floater, spots]
2: a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some
other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
3: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means
of support [syn: vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond]
4: an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
5: a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in
the same election
6: a swimmer who floats in the water
7: an object that floats or is capable of floating
8: an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g.
jewelry) regardless of its location [syn: floater,
floating policy]
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joker
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n 1: a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes [syn: joker,
jokester]
2: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some
joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: joker, turkey]
3: an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects
its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent; "when
I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract"
4: a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a
jester
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loader
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n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn:
stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker,
dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper,
lumper]
2: an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
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motor
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adj 1: conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor
nerves" [syn: centrifugal, motor(a)]
2: causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive
power"; "motor energy" [syn: motive(a), motor]
n 1: machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical
energy and so imparts motion
2: a nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the
aim of all men and the motor of all action"
v 1: travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the
university every morning"; "They motored to London for the
theater" [syn: drive, motor]
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poacher
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n 1: someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of
another
2: a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or
eggs)
3: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony
plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters [syn:
poacher, sea poacher, sea poker]
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smoker
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n 1: a person who smokes tobacco [syn: smoker, tobacco user]
[ant: nonsmoker]
2: a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men
only) [syn: stag party, smoker]
3: a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke [syn:
smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking
compartment]
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stoker
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n 1: Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)
[syn: Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker]
2: a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or
steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman]
3: a mechanical device for stoking a furnace
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voter
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n 1: a citizen who has a legal right to vote [syn: voter,
elector]
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croaker
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n 1: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic
coast of southern U.S.
2: any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
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odor
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n 1: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn:
olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour,
scent]
2: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the
nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form;
"she loved the smell of roses" [syn: smell, odor,
odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception]
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chirr
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v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
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churr
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v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr,
whirr]
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coacher
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chirre
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