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accoutre
0
v 1: provide with military equipment [syn: accouter,
accoutre]
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balata
0
n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
[syn: balata, gutta balata]
2: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red
timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully
tree, Manilkara bidentata]
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capacitor
0
n 1: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store
an electric charge [syn: capacitor, capacitance,
condenser, electrical condenser]
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catheter
0
n 1: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit
introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the
passageway open
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coadjutor
0
n 1: an assistant to a bishop
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comforter
0
n 1: commiserates with someone who has had misfortune [syn:
sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter]
2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms
and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
[syn: reliever, allayer, comforter]
3: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort,
puff]
4: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn:
comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring]
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commuter
0
n 1: a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers
who travel regularly from one place to another [syn:
commuter, commuter train]
2: someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work
in a city
-
compositor
0
n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor,
typesetter, setter, typographer]
-
computer
0
n 1: a machine for performing calculations automatically [syn:
computer, computing machine, computing device, data
processor, electronic computer, information processing
system]
2: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating
machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer,
estimator, computer]
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conservator
0
n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
[syn: curator, conservator]
2: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the
interests of a minor or incompetent person
-
conspirator
0
n 1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator,
coconspirator, plotter, machinator]
-
contributor
0
n 1: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum
of money [syn: subscriber, contributor]
2: a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine
or as part of a book
-
crapshooter
0
n 1: a gambler who plays the game of craps
-
depositor
0
n 1: a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar
institution
-
distributor
0
n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributor,
distributer]
2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
[syn: allocator, distributor]
3: a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large
distributor of software products"
4: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs
of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
[syn: distributor, distributer, electrical distributor]
-
executor
0
n 1: a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of
the will
-
expositor
0
n 1: a person who explains [syn: expositor, expounder]
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freebooter
0
n 1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn:
plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler,
raider, freebooter]
-
heritor
0
n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will
to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor,
heritor]
-
hooter
0
n 1: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker,
hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle,
schnoz]
2: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise [syn:
automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn,
hooter]
3: nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and
large head with front-facing eyes [syn: owl, bird of
Minerva, bird of night, hooter]
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idolater
0
n 1: a person who worships idols [syn: idolater, idolizer,
idoliser, idol worshiper]
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inheritor
0
n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will
to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor,
heritor]
-
inquisitor
0
n 1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: inquisitor,
interrogator]
2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
-
interlocutor
0
n 1: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages
the others in talk [syn: interlocutor, middleman]
2: a person who takes part in a conversation [syn:
interlocutor, conversational partner]
-
interpreter
0
n 1: someone who mediates between speakers of different
languages [syn: interpreter, translator]
2: someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings
reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as
an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
3: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major
organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter,
representative, voice]
4: (computer science) a program that translates and executes
source language statements one line at a time [syn:
interpreter, interpretive program]
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janitor
0
n 1: someone employed to clean and maintain a building
-
looter
0
n 1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn:
plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler,
raider, freebooter]
-
microcomputer
0
n 1: a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and
designed to be used by one person at a time [syn: personal
computer, PC, microcomputer]
-
minicomputer
0
n 1: a digital computer of medium size
-
monitor
0
n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor,
monitor]
2: someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
[syn: admonisher, monitor, reminder]
3: an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with
the Merrimac
4: display produced by a device that takes signals and displays
them on a television screen or a computer monitor [syn:
monitor, monitoring device]
5: electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or
content of electronic transmissions
6: a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the
operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
7: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa
and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn:
monitor, monitor lizard, varan]
v 1: keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we
are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the
suspect's moves" [syn: monitor, supervise]
2: check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
-
neuter
0
adj 1: of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular
neuter pronoun" [ant: feminine, masculine]
2: having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex
organs [syn: neuter, sexless]
n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to
inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
v 1: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter,
neuter, spay, castrate]
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orator
0
n 1: a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator,
speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker,
speechifier]
-
ovipositor
0
n 1: egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in
many female insects and some fishes
-
persecutor
0
n 1: someone who torments [syn: tormentor, tormenter,
persecutor]
-
pewter
0
n 1: any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other
metals (especially lead)
-
polluter
0
n 1: a person or organization that causes pollution of the
environment [syn: polluter, defiler]
-
primogenitor
0
n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor,
primogenitor]
-
progenitor
0
n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor,
primogenitor]
-
prosecutor
0
n 1: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on
behalf of the state [syn: prosecutor, public
prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney]
-
refuter
0
n 1: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary
evidence or argument [syn: rebutter, disprover,
refuter, confuter]
-
riveter
0
n 1: a worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter,
rivetter]
2: a machine for driving rivets [syn: riveting machine,
riveter, rivetter]
-
rooter
0
n 1: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan,
fan, rooter]
-
router
0
n 1: a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
2: (computer science) a device that forwards data packets
between computer networks
3: a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for
cutting grooves
-
scooter
0
n 1: a motorboat resembling a motor scooter [syn: water
scooter, sea scooter, scooter]
2: child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
3: a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered
gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel [syn: motor
scooter, scooter]
4: a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame;
suitable for traveling over ice [syn: iceboat, ice yacht,
scooter]
5: large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern
hemisphere [syn: scoter, scooter]
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senator
0
n 1: a member of a senate
-
servitor
0
n 1: someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone
else
-
sharpshooter
0
n 1: an athlete noted for accurate aim
2: someone skilled in shooting [syn: marksman, sharpshooter,
crack shot]
3: a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for
illegal fishing in Canadian waters
-
shooter
0
n 1: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
[syn: taw, shooter]
2: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to
shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shot,
shooter]
3: a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps [syn:
shooter, crap-shooter]
4: (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or
a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
5: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
-
solicitor
0
n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
[syn: solicitor, canvasser]
2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal
documents
-
stigmata
0
n 1: marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
-
suitor
0
n 1: a man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the
princess" [syn: suitor, suer, wooer]
-
supercomputer
0
n 1: a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful
available at a given time
-
taffeta
0
n 1: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
-
tutor
0
n 1: a person who gives private instruction (as in singing,
acting, etc.) [syn: coach, private instructor, tutor]
v 1: be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She
tutored me in Spanish"
2: act as a guardian to someone
-
visitor
0
n 1: someone who visits [syn: visitor, visitant]
-
mahabharata
0
n 1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in
many episodes with the struggle between two rival families
[syn: Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum]
-
accouter
0
v 1: provide with military equipment [syn: accouter,
accoutre]
-
sagitta
0
n 1: a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between
Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way
2: any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
-
laputa
0
n 1: a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical
projects were pursued and practical projects neglected
-
barracouta
0
n 1: a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia,
New Zealand, and southern Africa [syn: barracouta,
snoek]
-
masseter
0
n 1: a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in
chewing
-
ureter
0
n 1: either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine
from the kidney to the urinary bladder
-
banqueter
0
-
bibliolater
0
-
comparator
0
-
diluter
0
-
disputer
0
-
elicitor
0
-
ferreter
0
-
forfeiter
0
-
fruiter
0
-
peashooter
0
-
prolocutor
0
-
sequitur
0
-
sputa
0
-
lysistrata
0
-
premonitor
0
-
herrnhuter
0
-
transputer
0
-
souter
0
-
scuta
0
-
ceuta
0
-
valuta
0
-
exeter
0
-
telecommuter
0