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aperture
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n 1: a device that controls amount of light admitted
2: a natural opening in something
3: an man-made opening; usually small
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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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burger
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n 1: United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United
States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) [syn:
Burger, Warren Burger, Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl
Burger]
2: a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served
on a bun, often with other ingredients [syn: hamburger,
beefburger, burger]
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burgher
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n 1: a citizen of an English borough [syn: burgess, burgher]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
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caseworker
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n 1: someone employed to provide social services (especially to
the disadvantaged) [syn: social worker, caseworker,
welfare worker]
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cheeseburger
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n 1: a hamburger with melted cheese on it
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converter
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n 1: a device for changing one substance or form or state into
another [syn: converter, convertor]
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girder
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n 1: a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
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herder
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n 1: German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason
(1744-1803) [syn: Herder, Johann Gottfried von Herder]
2: someone who drives a herd [syn: herder, herdsman,
drover]
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lurcher
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n 1: someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker, skulker,
lurcher]
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nurture
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n 1: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you
were treated as a child [syn: raising, rearing,
nurture]
2: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the
community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering,
fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]
v 1: help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents" [syn:
foster, nurture]
2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear,
raise, bring up, nurture, parent]
3: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread
and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young
children" [syn: nourish, nurture, sustain]
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searcher
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n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after
truth" [syn: seeker, searcher, quester]
2: a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or
vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
3: large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars;
found in North America [syn: searcher, searcher beetle,
Calosoma scrutator]
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worker
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n 1: a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good
worker" [ant: nonworker]
2: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed);
"workers of the world--unite!" [syn: proletarian, prole,
worker]
3: sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for
food and cares for the larvae
4: a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal
actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a
doer"; "he's a miracle worker" [syn: actor, doer,
worker]
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percher
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n 1: a person situated on a perch
2: a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches);
this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists [syn:
Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird, percher]
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shirker
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n 1: a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who
tries to evade military service in wartime) [syn:
slacker, shirker]
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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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bircher
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mckercher
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chirre
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birtcher
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