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banner
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adj 1: unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the
company"
n 1: long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or
advertising [syn: banner, streamer]
2: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn:
streamer, banner]
3: any distinctive flag [syn: standard, banner]
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cantor
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n 1: the musical director of a choir [syn: choirmaster,
precentor, cantor]
2: the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part
of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be
performed as solos [syn: cantor, hazan]
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container
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n 1: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a
large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that
can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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crammer
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n 1: a student who crams
2: a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
3: a special school where students are crammed
4: a textbook designed for cramming
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creamer
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n 1: a small pitcher for serving cream [syn: cream pitcher,
creamer]
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defamer
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n 1: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or
libel [syn: defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier,
libeler, backbiter, traducer]
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disclaimer
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n 1: (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to
something
2: denial of any connection with or knowledge of [syn:
disavowal, disclaimer]
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framer
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n 1: someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
2: someone who writes a new law or plan; "the framers of the
Constitution"
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gainer
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n 1: a person who gains weight [syn: gainer, weight gainer]
2: a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits);
"she was clearly the gainer in that exchange"
3: a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete
a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first
and facing away from the diving board [syn: gainer, full
gainer]
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glamour
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n 1: alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [syn:
glamor, glamour]
v 1: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on
someone or something [syn: hex, bewitch, glamour,
witch, enchant, jinx]
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grammar
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n 1: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and
morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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hammer
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n 1: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when
the trigger is pulled [syn: hammer, cock]
2: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to
deliver an impulsive force by striking
3: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus,
hammer]
4: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas,
glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer]
5: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the
hammer throw
6: a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano
strings to vibrate
7: a power tool for drilling rocks [syn: hammer, power
hammer]
8: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding
of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, pound, hammering,
pounding]
v 1: beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"
2: create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge
a pair of tongues" [syn: forge, hammer]
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hangar
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n 1: a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be
stored and maintained [syn: airdock, hangar, repair
shed]
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hanger
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n 1: a worker who hangs something
2: anything from which something can be hung
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manner
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n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: a way of acting or behaving [syn: manner, personal
manner]
3: a kind; "what manner of man are you?"
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manor
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n 1: the mansion of a lord or wealthy person [syn: manor,
manor house]
2: the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
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planner
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n 1: a person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver,
deviser]
2: a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done,
etc.
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scanner
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n 1: someone who scans verse to determine the number and
prosodic value of the syllables
2: an electronic device that generates a digital representation
of an image for data input to a computer [syn: scanner,
digital scanner, image scanner]
3: a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a
broad area
4: a radio receiver that moves automatically across some
selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or
condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio
channels" [syn: scanner, electronic scanner]
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spanner
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n 1: a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
[syn: wrench, spanner]
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stammer
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n 1: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary
repetitions of certain sounds [syn: stammer, stutter]
v 1: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter,
stammer, falter]
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strainer
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n 1: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and
liquids pass through
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tamer
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n 1: an animal trainer who tames wild animals
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tanner
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n 1: a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not
minted since 1970 [syn: sixpence, tanner]
2: a craftsman who tans skins and hides
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trainer
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n 1: one who trains other persons or animals
2: simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that
simulates the conditions of flying a plane [syn: flight
simulator, trainer]
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yammer
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v 1: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the
desert" [syn: howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl]
2: complain whiningly [syn: whine, grizzle, yammer,
yawp]
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clamor
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n 1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring,
cacophony, clamor, din]
2: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the
clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamoring, clamour,
clamouring, hue and cry]
v 1: make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
[syn: clamor, clamour]
2: utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates
clamored their disappointment" [syn: clamor, clamour]
3: compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They
clamored the mayor into building a new park"
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glamor
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n 1: alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [syn:
glamor, glamour]
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maimer
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n 1: a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or
cripples [syn: mutilator, maimer, mangler]
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shammer
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n 1: someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or
incapacity [syn: malingerer, skulker, shammer]
2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter,
impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham,
shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
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slammer
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n 1: a person who closes things violently; "she's a dramatic
slammer of doors"
2: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in
the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons
awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn:
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky,
pokey]
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squama
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n 1: a protective structure resembling a scale
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namer
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n 1: a person who gives a name or names; "the owner is usually
the namer of a boat"
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damar
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n 1: any of various hard resins from trees of the family
Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the
amboyna pine [syn: dammar, gum dammar, damar, dammar
resin]
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shema
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n 1: a liturgical prayer (considered to be the essence of Jewish
religion) that is recited at least twice daily by adult
Jewish males to declare their faith; "as soon as Leonard
learned to talk he was taught to recite the first words of
the Shema, the creed of Judaism which originated on Sinai
with Moses and is recited daily"
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gammer
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acclaimer
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blamer
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caner
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canner
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declaimer
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drainer
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flamer
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lamer
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blander
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gamer
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seiner
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beymer
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bramer
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cramer
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damer
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kramer
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reclaimer
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detainer
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