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anger
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n 1: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some
real or supposed grievance [syn: anger, choler, ire]
2: the state of being angry [syn: anger, angriness]
3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified
as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger, ire,
ira]
v 1: make angry; "The news angered him"
2: become angry; "He angers easily" [syn: anger, see red]
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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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arranger
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n 1: a person who brings order and organization to an
enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting" [syn:
organizer, organiser, arranger]
2: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or
instruments or for another style of performance [syn:
arranger, adapter, transcriber]
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avenger
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n 1: someone who takes vengeance [syn: avenger, retaliator]
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banger
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n 1: (British informal) pork sausage
2: firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a
heavy paper casing [syn: firecracker, cracker, banger]
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challenger
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n 1: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
[syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition,
contender]
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changer
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n 1: a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of
the menu" [syn: changer, modifier]
2: an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes
new records to be played without manual intervention [syn:
record changer, auto-changer, changer]
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conjure
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v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured
wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the
mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke,
evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put
forward, call forth]
2: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat,
adjure, press, conjure]
3: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn:
conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]
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danger
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n 1: the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you
are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
[ant: safety]
2: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or
injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime";
"there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn:
risk, peril, danger]
3: a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of
traveling by air"
4: a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"
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derringer
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n 1: a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
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endanger
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v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize,
jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]
2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]
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exchanger
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n 1: one whose business is to exchange the money of one country
for that of another country [syn: exchanger, money
changer]
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finger
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n 1: any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes
excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
2: the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
[syn: finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit]
3: one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a
finger or thumb
v 1: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the
book" [syn: finger, thumb]
2: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer
fingered the sweater" [syn: feel, finger]
3: search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found
that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
4: indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for
keyboard instruments
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ginger
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adj 1: (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-
brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue
eyes"; "a ginger kitten" [syn: ginger, gingery]
n 1: perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes
and leafy reedlike stems
2: dried ground gingerroot [syn: ginger, powdered ginger]
3: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a
seasoning especially in Asian cookery [syn: ginger,
gingerroot]
4: liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you
more pep" [syn: pep, peppiness, ginger]
v 1: add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"
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grandeur
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n 1: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one
expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its
stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned
grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the
grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn:
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour,
grandeur, grandness]
2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character
or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness,
magnanimousness, grandeur]
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granger
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n 1: a person who operates a farm [syn: farmer, husbandman,
granger, sodbuster]
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hydrangea
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n 1: any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus
Hydrangea
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injure
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v 1: cause injuries or bodily harm to [syn: injure, wound]
2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]
3: cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by
the new competition" [syn: hurt, injure]
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manger
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n 1: a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle
or horses feed [syn: manger, trough]
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messenger
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n 1: a person who carries a message [syn: messenger,
courier]
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myalgia
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n 1: pain in a muscle or group of muscles [syn: myalgia,
myodynia]
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neuralgia
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n 1: acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves
[syn: neuralgia, neuralgy]
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nostalgia
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n 1: longing for something past
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passenger
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n 1: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or
plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn:
passenger, rider]
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plunger
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n 1: someone who risks losses for the possibility of
considerable gains [syn: speculator, plunger]
2: someone who dives (into water) [syn: diver, plunger]
3: hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at
one end; used to clean clogged drains [syn: plunger,
plumber's helper]
4: mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
[syn: piston, plunger]
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porringer
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n 1: a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle); "the child
was eating pottage from a porringer"
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ranger
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n 1: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a
mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier [syn:
Texas Ranger, Ranger]
2: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an
area of forest [syn: fire warden, forest fire fighter,
ranger]
3: a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-
and-run raids [syn: commando, ranger]
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scavenger
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n 1: a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to
counteract the effects of impurities
2: someone who collects things that have been discarded by
others [syn: magpie, scavenger, pack rat]
3: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic
matter
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scrounger
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n 1: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
[syn: moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger]
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soldier
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n 1: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the
soldiers stood at attention"
2: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and
powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
v 1: serve as a soldier in the military
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sponger
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n 1: a workman employed to collect sponges
2: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the
host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn: leech, parasite,
sponge, sponger]
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stranger
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n 1: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
2: an individual that one is not acquainted with [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
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winger
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n 1: (sports) player in wing position
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lounger
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n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier,
dilly-dallier, mope, lounger]
2: an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised
to allow the sitter to recline in it [syn: recliner,
reclining chair, lounger]
3: an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear
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alger
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n 1: United States author of inspirational adventure stories for
boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)
[syn: Alger, Horatio Alger]
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salinger
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n 1: United States writer (born 1919) [syn: Salinger, J. D.
Salinger, Jerome David Salinger]
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schlesinger
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n 1: United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy
(born in 1917) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.]
2: United States historian (1888-1965) [syn: Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger]
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grainger
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n 1: United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in
London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961) [syn:
Grainger, Percy Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grainger,
George Percy Aldridge Grainger]
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kissinger
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n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and
President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, Henry
Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger]
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ninja
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n 1: a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and
hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person
skilled in ninjutsu
2: a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial
arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
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indulger
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moneychanger
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phalanges
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pranger
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folger
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whinger
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