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abdicator
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n 1: one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility
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abnegator
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n 1: one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something
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abominator
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n 1: one who hates or loathes [syn: abominator, loather]
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accelerator
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n 1: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on
the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas
pedal, gas, throttle, gun]
2: a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine [syn:
accelerator, throttle, throttle valve]
3: (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a
chemical reaction without itself being affected [syn:
catalyst, accelerator] [ant: anticatalyst]
4: a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of
charged particles [syn: accelerator, particle
accelerator, atom smasher]
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acre
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n 1: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking
countries
2: a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
3: a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern
Mediterranean [syn: Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho]
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actuator
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n 1: a mechanism that puts something into automatic action
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adder
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n 1: a person who adds numbers
2: a machine that adds numbers
3: small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia [syn:
adder, common viper, Vipera berus]
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adjudicator
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n 1: a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
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administrator
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n 1: someone who administers a business [syn: administrator,
decision maker]
2: the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the
estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming
an executor
3: someone who manages a government agency or department [syn:
administrator, executive]
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adulterator
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n 1: any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a
substance; "it is necessary to remove the adulterants
before use" [syn: adulterant, adulterator]
2: a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a
substance
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aerator
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n 1: an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
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agitator
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n 1: one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn:
agitator, fomenter]
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alienator
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n 1: an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become
indifferent or unfriendly or hostile
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alleviator
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n 1: a therapist who makes suffering more endurable
2: remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn:
palliative, alleviant, alleviator]
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alligator
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n 1: leather made from alligator's hide
2: either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but
with shorter broader snouts [syn: alligator, gator]
v 1: crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from
weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes
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alternator
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n 1: an old term for an electric generator that produces
alternating current (especially in automobiles)
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animator
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n 1: someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other
people [syn: energizer, energiser, vitalizer,
vitaliser, animator]
2: the technician who produces animated cartoons
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annotator
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n 1: a commentator who writes notes to a text
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anticipator
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n 1: one who anticipates [syn: anticipator, anticipant]
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applicator
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n 1: a device for applying a substance [syn: applicator,
applier]
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appreciator
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n 1: a person who is fully aware of something and understands
it; "he is not an appreciator of our dilemma"
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appropriator
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n 1: someone who takes for his or her own use (especially
without permission)
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arbitrator
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n 1: someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the
critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern
literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the
consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to
settle the tax case" [syn: arbiter, arbitrator,
umpire]
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aspirator
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n 1: a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid
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assassinator
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n 1: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political
figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired
to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like
animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [syn:
assassin, assassinator, bravo]
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attenuator
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n 1: an electrical device for attenuating the strength of an
electrical signal
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authenticator
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n 1: one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who
guarantees validity [syn: appraiser, authenticator]
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aviator
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n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator,
aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
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backer
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n 1: invests in a theatrical production [syn: angel, backer]
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baker
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n 1: someone who bakes commercially
2: someone who bakes bread or cake [syn: baker, bread maker]
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batter
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n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter,
hitter, slugger, batsman]
2: a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk,
used in cooking
v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn:
buffet, knock about, batter]
2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn:
dinge, batter]
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blabber
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n 1: one who reveals confidential information in return for
money [syn: informer, betrayer, rat, squealer,
blabber]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
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bladder
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n 1: a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or
gas) [syn: bladder, vesica]
2: a bag that fills with air
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bragger
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n 1: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: bragger,
braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter,
vaunter]
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breaker
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n 1: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone [syn:
breaker, ledgeman]
2: waves breaking on the shore [syn: surf, breaker,
breakers]
3: a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when
overloaded [syn: circuit breaker, breaker]
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caper
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n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
2: pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various
dishes and sauces
3: a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank
job in St. Louis" [syn: caper, job]
4: a playful leap or hop [syn: caper, capriole]
5: gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or
amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the
surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: play, frolic,
romp, gambol, caper]
6: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn:
antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on]
v 1: jump about playfully
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catcher
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n 1: (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
[syn: catcher, backstop]
2: the position on a baseball team of the player who is
stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that
the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective
equipment"; "a catcher plays behind the plate"
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cater
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v 1: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
[syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
2: supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
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celebrator
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n 1: a person who is celebrating [syn: celebrant,
celebrator, celebrater]
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chatter
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n 1: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter,
cackle]
2: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
[syn: chatter, chattering]
3: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or
monkeys) [syn: chatter, chattering]
v 1: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
[syn: chatter, click]
2: cut unevenly with a chattering tool
3: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
4: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
5: make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were
chattering in the trees"
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clabber
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n 1: raw milk that has soured and thickened
v 1: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber,
clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize]
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clapper
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n 1: someone who applauds [syn: clapper, applauder]
2: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane
and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue, lingua,
glossa, clapper]
3: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by
hitting the side [syn: clapper, tongue]
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clatter
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n 1: a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the
shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron
wheels on cobblestones"
v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter,
clack, brattle]
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collimator
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n 1: a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in
setting the line of the larger one
2: optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex
achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the
slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a
parallel beam
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commentator
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n 1: an expert who observes and comments on something [syn:
observer, commentator]
2: a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day [syn:
commentator, reviewer]
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communicator
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n 1: a person who communicates with others
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conciliator
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n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator,
make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler]
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conservator
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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
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coordinator
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n 1: someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
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cracker
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n 1: a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without
leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
2: a poor White person in the southern United States [syn:
redneck, cracker]
3: a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to)
computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are
often mistakenly called hackers"
4: firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a
heavy paper casing [syn: firecracker, cracker, banger]
5: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing
candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
[syn: cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon]
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crater
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n 1: a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
[syn: volcanic crater, crater]
2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra
and Corvus
3: a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite
or bomb
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creator
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n 1: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
2: a person who grows or makes or invents things
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cultivator
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n 1: someone concerned with the science or art or business of
cultivating the soil [syn: agriculturist,
agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser]
2: a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil
(for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
[syn: cultivator, tiller]
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curator
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n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
[syn: curator, conservator]
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dagger
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n 1: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or
stabbing [syn: dagger, sticker]
2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or
footnote [syn: dagger, obelisk]
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dapper
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adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce]
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data
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n 1: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;
"statistical data" [syn: data, information]
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debater
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n 1: someone who engages in debate [syn: debater, arguer]
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decorator
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n 1: a person who specializes in designing architectural
interiors and their furnishings [syn: interior designer,
designer, interior decorator, house decorator, room
decorator, decorator]
2: someone who decorates [syn: decorator, ornamentalist]
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defalcator
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n 1: someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own
use [syn: embezzler, defalcator, peculator]
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deflator
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n 1: a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of
inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant
dollars
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defoliator
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n 1: an insect that strips the leaves from plants
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demonstrator
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n 1: a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the
principles that are being taught
2: someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
[syn: demonstrator, sales demonstrator]
3: someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
[syn: demonstrator, protester]
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denominator
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n 1: the divisor of a fraction
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detonator
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n 1: a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small
amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction
of a disrupting explosive [syn: detonator, detonating
device, cap]
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dictator
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n 1: a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording
machine
2: a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: dictator,
potentate]
3: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a
dictator who makes everyone work overtime" [syn:
authoritarian, dictator]
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differentiator
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n 1: a person who (or that which) differentiates [syn:
differentiator, discriminator]
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discriminator
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n 1: a person who (or that which) differentiates [syn:
differentiator, discriminator]
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disseminator
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n 1: someone who spreads the news [syn: propagator,
disseminator]
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dumbwaiter
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n 1: a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from
one floor of a building to another [syn: dumbwaiter,
food elevator]
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duplicator
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n 1: apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn
material [syn: duplicator, copier]
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educator
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n 1: someone who educates young people [syn: educator,
pedagogue, pedagog]
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elevator
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n 1: lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is
raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in
order to move people from one floor to another in a
building [syn: elevator, lift]
2: the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it
ascend or descend
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eliminator
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n 1: an agent that eliminates something
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emancipator
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n 1: someone who frees others from bondage; "Lincoln is known as
the Great Emancipator" [syn: emancipator, manumitter]
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equivocator
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n 1: a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer [syn:
hedger, equivocator, tergiversator]
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eradicator
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n 1: someone who exterminates (especially someone whose
occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and
insects) [syn: exterminator, terminator, eradicator]
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estimator
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n 1: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating
machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer,
estimator, computer]
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evaluator
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n 1: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality [syn:
evaluator, judge]
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excavator
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n 1: a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for
quarrying
2: a machine for excavating [syn: power shovel, excavator,
digger, shovel]
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expurgator
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n 1: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive
words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
[syn: expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser]
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exterminator
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n 1: someone who exterminates (especially someone whose
occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and
insects) [syn: exterminator, terminator, eradicator]
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fabricator
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n 1: someone who tells lies [syn: storyteller, fibber,
fabricator]
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facilitator
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n 1: someone who makes progress easier
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fornicator
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n 1: someone who commits adultery or fornication [syn:
adulterer, fornicator]
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freighter
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n 1: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in
foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter,
merchantman, merchant ship]
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fumigator
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n 1: someone whose job is to fumigate
2: a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting
or eradicating pests
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gaiter
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n 1: a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and
ankles [syn: spat, gaiter]
2: a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides
3: legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg
from the knee to the ankle
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gator
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n 1: either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but
with shorter broader snouts [syn: alligator, gator]
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generator
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n 1: an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
2: engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
by electromagnetic induction
3: someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he
was the generator of several complaints" [syn: generator,
source, author]
4: an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
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gladiator
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n 1: (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who
entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
2: a professional boxer [syn: prizefighter, gladiator]
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grater
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n 1: utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as
vegetables or cheese)
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greater
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adj 1: greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater
good of the community"; "the greater Antilles" [ant:
lesser]
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hater
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n 1: a person who hates
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illustrator
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n 1: an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines
or advertisements etc.)
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imitator
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n 1: someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of
another [syn: impersonator, imitator]
2: someone who copies the words or behavior of another [syn:
copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper]
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impersonator
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n 1: someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of
another [syn: impersonator, imitator]
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imprimatur
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n 1: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the
union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance,
endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
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incinerator
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n 1: a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of
refuse)
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incubator
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n 1: apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a
constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for
chicks or premature infants [syn: incubator, brooder]