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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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blooper
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n 1: an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper,
bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup,
flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]
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brewer
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n 1: someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
[syn: brewer, beer maker]
2: the owner or manager of a brewery
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chewer
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n 1: someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco)
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cooper
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n 1: United States industrialist who built the first American
locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer
free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883) [syn:
Cooper, Peter Cooper]
2: United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong
silent heroes (1901-1961) [syn: Cooper, Gary Cooper,
Frank Cooper]
3: United States novelist noted for his stories of American
Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851) [syn: Cooper,
James Fenimore Cooper]
4: a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs [syn:
cooper, barrel maker]
v 1: make barrels and casks
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ewer
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n 1: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [syn:
pitcher, ewer]
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fewer
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adj 1: (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier
meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this
year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains
were late" [ant: more(a)]
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grouper
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n 1: flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
2: usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas
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paratrooper
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n 1: a soldier in the paratroops [syn: paratrooper, para]
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pupa
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n 1: an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is
not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
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pursuer
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n 1: a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture;
"always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"
[syn: pursuer, chaser]
2: a person who pursues some plan or goal; "a pursuer of truth"
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reviewer
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n 1: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability
for publication [syn: reviewer, referee, reader]
2: a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day [syn:
commentator, reviewer]
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sewer
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n 1: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
[syn: sewer, sewerage, cloaca]
2: someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"
3: misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was
in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer";
"pensions are in the toilet" [syn: gutter, sewer,
toilet]
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skewer
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n 1: a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being
roasted
v 1: drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" [syn:
skewer, spit]
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stupor
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n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when
something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death
left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze,
shock, stupor]
2: marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by
exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while
he was in a drunken stupor" [syn: grogginess, stupor,
stupefaction, semiconsciousness]
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super
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adv 1: to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely
unpleasant" [syn: extremely, exceedingly, super,
passing]
adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack
shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played
top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she
is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack,
first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch,
tops(p)]
2: including more than a specified category; "a super
experiment"
3: extremely large; "another super skyscraper"
n 1: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as
janitor and rent collector [syn: superintendent, super]
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trooper
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n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: cavalryman,
trooper]
2: a mounted policeman
3: a state police officer [syn: trooper, state trooper]
4: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes
good care of his mount" [syn: cavalryman, trooper]
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trouper
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n 1: a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working
2: an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
[syn: barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper]
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viewer
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n 1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as
an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the
performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers
discovered a new star" [syn: spectator, witness,
viewer, watcher, looker]
2: an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
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whooper
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n 1: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage
and a trumpeting call [syn: whooping crane, whooper,
Grus americana]
2: common Old World swan noted for its whooping call [syn:
whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus]
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wooer
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n 1: a man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the
princess" [syn: suitor, suer, wooer]
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wrongdoer
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n 1: a person who transgresses moral or civil law [syn:
wrongdoer, offender]
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hewer
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n 1: a person who hews
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looper
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n 1: small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front
and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family
Geometridae [syn: measuring worm, inchworm, looper]
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snooper
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n 1: a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private
affairs of others [syn: snoop, snooper]
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fluor
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n 1: a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in
ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine [syn:
fluorite, fluorspar, fluor]
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cowper
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n 1: English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
[syn: Cowper, William Cowper]
2: English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature
(1731-1800) [syn: Cowper, William Cowper]
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dewar
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n 1: vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific
experiments [syn: Dewar flask, Dewar]
2: Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in
cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923)
[syn: Dewar, Sir James Dewar]
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breuer
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n 1: United States architect (born in Hungary) who was
associated with the Bauhaus in the 1920's (1902-1981) [syn:
Breuer, Marcel Lajos Breuer]
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stupa
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n 1: a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists [syn: stupa,
tope]
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goncourt
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n 1: French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de
Goncourt on many books (1830-1870) [syn: Goncourt, Jules
de Goncourt, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt]
2: French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de
Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the
Prix Goncourt (1822-1896) [syn: Goncourt, Edmond de
Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt]
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bluer
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newer
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truer
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grauer
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scooper
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buehrer
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dewarr
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duer
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feuer
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heuer
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kuhar
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uher
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lesuer
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lesueur
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mosstrooper
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booher
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bruer
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buer
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kruer
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pruer
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crevecoeur
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plastiqueur
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pooper-scooper
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