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applauder
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n 1: someone who applauds [syn: clapper, applauder]
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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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backwater
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n 1: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by
being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and
backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"
2: a place or condition in which no development or progress is
occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"
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breakwater
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n 1: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
[syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark,
seawall, jetty]
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chowder
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n 1: a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions
and potatoes
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dauber
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n 1: an unskilled painter
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daughter
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n 1: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in
her old age" [syn: daughter, girl] [ant: boy, son]
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defrauder
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n 1: a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
[syn: swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler,
gouger, scammer, grifter]
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dodder
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n 1: a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta
having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain
nourishment through haustoria
v 1: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle,
coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle]
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fodder
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n 1: soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of
artillery fire [syn: cannon fodder, fodder, fresh
fish]
2: coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire
plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
v 1: give fodder (to domesticated animals)
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hawker
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n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the
streets or at carnivals) [syn: peddler, pedlar,
packman, hawker, pitchman]
2: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the
sport of falconry [syn: falconer, hawker]
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lauder
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n 1: Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)
[syn: Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan
Lauder]
2: someone who communicates high praise [syn: laudator,
lauder, extoller]
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marauder
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n 1: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder,
predator, vulture, piranha]
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plodder
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n 1: someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner [syn:
trudger, plodder, slogger]
2: someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
[syn: plodder, slogger]
3: someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a
slowcoach" [syn: plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud,
slowcoach]
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powder
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n 1: a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a
solid that has been pulverized [syn: powder,
pulverization, pulverisation]
2: a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a
75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and
fireworks [syn: gunpowder, powder]
3: any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in
the form of a pulverized powder
v 1: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust;
"pulverize the grains" [syn: powderize, powderise,
powder, pulverize, pulverise]
2: apply powder to; "She powdered her nose"; "The King wears a
powdered wig"
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slaughter
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n 1: the killing of animals (as for food)
2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
3: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn:
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage,
butchery]
v 1: kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They
slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" [syn:
butcher, slaughter]
2: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus
massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: massacre,
slaughter, mow down]
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solder
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n 1: an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join
two metal surfaces
v 1: join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together"
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stalker
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n 1: someone who walks with long stiff strides
2: someone who stalks game
3: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker]
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talker
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n 1: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks
(especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone
especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an
utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker, talker,
utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser]
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walker
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n 1: New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to
run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in
1952) [syn: Walker, John Walker]
2: United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: Walker, Alice
Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker]
3: a person who travels by foot [syn: pedestrian, walker,
footer]
4: a shoe designed for comfortable walking
5: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber
castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the
handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer,
Zimmer frame]
6: an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies
learn to walk [syn: walker, baby-walker, go-cart]
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water
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n 1: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear
colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below
0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees
centigrade; widely used as a solvent [syn: water, H2O]
2: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a
river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial
waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" [syn: body
of water, water]
3: once thought to be one of four elements composing the
universe (Empedocles)
4: a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated
the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut
off the water" [syn: water system, water supply, water]
5: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine";
"the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee,
piddle, weewee, water]
6: a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants;
"he asked for a drink of water"
v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams;
"Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate]
2: provide with water; "We watered the buffalo"
3: secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered
at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
4: fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"
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cataloger
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n 1: a librarian who classifies publication according to a
categorial system [syn: cataloger, cataloguer]
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harder
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odder
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prodder
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crowder
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nodder
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hodder
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hoddur
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sauder
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strawder
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browder
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bauder
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clearwater
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