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kea
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n 1: large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: kea,
Nestor notabilis]
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layer
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n 1: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;
"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" [syn:
layer, bed]
2: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or
under another
3: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good
actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least
two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata
simultaneously" [syn: level, layer, stratum]
4: a hen that lays eggs
5: thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
v 1: make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"
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payer
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n 1: a person who pays money for something [syn: payer,
remunerator]
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player
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n 1: a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
[syn: player, participant]
2: someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
[syn: musician, instrumentalist, player]
3: a theatrical performer [syn: actor, histrion, player,
thespian, role player]
4: a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual
partners simultaneously
5: an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a
major player in setting up the corporation"
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prayer
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n 1: the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a
petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving);
"the priest sank to his knees in prayer" [syn: prayer,
supplication]
2: reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition,
orison]
3: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to
keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal]
4: a fixed text used in praying
5: someone who prays to God [syn: prayer, supplicant]
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slayer
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n 1: someone who causes the death of a person or animal [syn:
killer, slayer]
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sprayer
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n 1: a worker who applies spray to a surface
2: a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine
mist [syn: atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer,
nebulizer, nebuliser]
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strayer
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n 1: someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler,
strayer]
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weigher
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n 1: an official who weighs and records the weight
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hosea
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n 1: a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)
2: an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies [syn:
Hosea, Book of Hosea]
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eritrea
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n 1: an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea;
achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 [syn:
Eritrea, State of Eritrea]
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maya
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n 1: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize
and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak
between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding
architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a
system of writing and an accurate calendar" [syn: Mayan,
Maya]
2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn:
Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]
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bayer
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n 1: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an
analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer,
Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used
as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning
platelets [syn: aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer,
Empirin, St. Joseph]
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mayer
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n 1: United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her
research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972) [syn:
Mayer, Marie Goeppert Mayer]
2: United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own
film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)
[syn: Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer]
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stayer
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n 1: a person or other animal having powers of endurance or
perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good
stayer"
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maia
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n 1: type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in
distribution [syn: Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus
Maia]
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himalaya
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n 1: a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between
India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest
mountain [syn: Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains,
Himalaya]
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hygeia
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the goddess of health; daughter of
Aesculapius and sister of Panacea
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freya
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n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter
of Njorth and sister of Frey [syn: Freya, Freyja]
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isaiah
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n 1: (Old Testament) the first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th
century BC)
2: an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies [syn:
Isaiah, Book of Isaiah]
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freyr
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n 1: (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and
prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally
of the Vanir; later with the Aesir [syn: Frey, Freyr]
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flayer
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sayer
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meyer
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maher
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hydea
0
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preyer
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andrea
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antaya
0
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sieja
0
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atalaya
0
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kamehameha
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layah
0
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leya
0
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raya
0
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celaya
0
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deandrea
0
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gouvea
0
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hydeia
0
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lereah
0
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achaia
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