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aglitter
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adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]
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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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bicker
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n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering,
spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
[syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker,
squabble, brabble]
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bidder
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n 1: someone who makes an offer
2: someone who makes a bid at cards
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bigger
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adj 1: large or big relative to something else [syn: bigger,
larger]
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bitter
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adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter
cold" [syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly,
bitter]
adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious
dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious,
bitter]
2: very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a
bitter sorrow"
3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her
acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
"blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn:
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering,
caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent,
vitriolic]
4: expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears"
5: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;
"a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"
6: causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is
bitter"
7: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used
especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn:
biting, bitter]
n 1: English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor
of hops (usually on draft)
2: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the
mouth [syn: bitter, bitterness]
3: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [syn:
bitterness, bitter]
v 1: make bitter
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chigger
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n 1: small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the
skin of the host including humans [syn: chigoe,
chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans]
2: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including
human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite,
chigger, jigger, redbug]
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chipper
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adj 1: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;
"looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"-
Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and
debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a
jaunty optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair,
debonaire, jaunty]
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clipper
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n 1: (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output
is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous
amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a
waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
[syn: limiter, clipper]
2: a fast sailing ship used in former times [syn: clipper,
clipper ship]
3: shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the
plural)
4: scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the
plural)
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digger
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n 1: a laborer who digs
2: a machine for excavating [syn: power shovel, excavator,
digger, shovel]
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disfigure
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v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks";
"The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface,
disfigure, blemish]
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jigger
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n 1: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
[syn: shot glass, jigger, pony]
2: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast
of a yawl [syn: jiggermast, jigger]
3: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including
human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite,
chigger, jigger, redbug]
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nigger
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n 1: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person;
"only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn:
nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
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rigger
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n 1: someone who rigs ships
2: a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists [syn:
rigger, rigger brush]
3: someone who works on an oil rig [syn: rigger, oil rigger]
4: a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"
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rigour
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n 1: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency,
validity, rigor, rigour]
2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
[syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour,
severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness]
3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor,
rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency,
hardness, stiffness]
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snigger
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n 1: a disrespectful laugh [syn: snicker, snort, snigger]
v 1: laugh quietly [syn: snicker, snigger]
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transfigure
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v 1: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's
transfiguration [syn: transfigure, glorify,
spiritualize]
2: change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's
story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and
diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus
was transfigured after his resurrection" [syn:
metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify]
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trigger
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n 1: lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun [syn:
gun trigger, trigger]
2: a device that activates or releases or causes something to
happen
3: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn:
trigger, induction, initiation]
v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction";
"actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger,
activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off,
touch off]
2: release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun"
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vigour
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n 1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy";
"he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour,
zip]
2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour,
dynamism, heartiness]
3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);
"his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity
of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour,
vim]
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chitter
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v 1: make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter,
twitter]
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rigor
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n 1: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern
winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor,
rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness,
rigourousness]
2: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency,
validity, rigor, rigour]
3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor,
rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency,
hardness, stiffness]
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vigor
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n 1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy";
"he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour,
zip]
2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour,
dynamism, heartiness]
3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);
"his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity
of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour,
vim]
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gravedigger
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n 1: a person who earns a living by digging graves
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frigga
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n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love;
wife of Odin [syn: Frigg, Frigga]
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bibber
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clicker
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reconfigure
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rigueur
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sligar
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viger
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biggar
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sigur
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wigger
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ditchdigger
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