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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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backslider
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n 1: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of
behavior [syn: recidivist, backslider, reversionist]
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biter
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n 1: someone who bites
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blighter
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n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter,
cuss, pesterer, gadfly]
2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn:
chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent,
blighter, cuss, bloke]
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cider
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n 1: a beverage made from juice pressed from apples [syn:
cider, cyder]
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divider
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n 1: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on
the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn:
splitter, divider] [ant: lumper]
2: a person who separates something into parts or groups
3: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
divides one room from another) [syn: partition, divider]
4: a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for
dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring
measurements
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eider
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n 1: duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine
soft down of the females [syn: eider, eider duck]
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fighter
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n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
2: a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy
enemy aircraft in the air [syn: fighter, fighter
aircraft, attack aircraft]
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter,
hero, paladin]
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glider
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n 1: aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air
against its surfaces [syn: glider, sailplane]
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insider
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n 1: an officer of a corporation or others who have access to
private information about the corporation's operations
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lighter
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n 1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn:
igniter, ignitor, lighter]
2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;
"do you have a light?" [syn: lighter, light, igniter,
ignitor]
3: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on
canals) [syn: barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter]
v 1: transport in a flatbottom boat
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nightrider
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n 1: member of a secret mounted band in United States South
after the American Civil War; committed acts of
intimidation and revenge [syn: night rider, nightrider]
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nitre
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n 1: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn:
potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter,
nitre]
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outrider
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n 1: an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)
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outsider
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n 1: someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
[syn: foreigner, outsider]
2: a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good
chance to win
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provider
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n 1: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or
commodity [syn: supplier, provider]
2: someone who provides the means for subsistence
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rider
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n 1: a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or
camel)
2: a clause that is appended to a legislative bill
3: a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or
motorcycle)
4: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane
or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: passenger,
rider]
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roughrider
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n 1: a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle
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slider
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n 1: a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
[syn: skidder, slider, slipper]
2: someone who races the luge [syn: luger, slider]
3: freshwater turtle of United States and South America;
frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets [syn:
slider, yellow-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys scripta]
4: a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which
it was thrown
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spider
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n 1: predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two
feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back
end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or
traps for prey
2: a computer program that prowls the internet looking for
publicly accessible resources that can be added to a
database; the database can then be searched with a search
engine [syn: spider, wanderer]
3: a skillet made of cast iron
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strider
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n 1: a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a
strider that she couldn't keep up without running"
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striker
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n 1: a forward on a soccer team
2: someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical
rating
3: an employee on strike against an employer
4: someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the
ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" [syn: hitter,
striker]
5: the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
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striper
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n 1: a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate
rank or years of service; "he's a four-striper"
2: caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn:
striped bass, striper]
3: marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes;
migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus
Morone [syn: striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis,
rockfish]
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tiger
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n 1: a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis
court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"
2: large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat
with black stripes; endangered [syn: tiger, Panthera
tigris]
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writer
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n 1: writes (books or stories or articles or the like)
professionally (for pay) [syn: writer, author]
2: a person who is able to write and has written something
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miter
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n 1: joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled
at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner [syn:
miter joint, mitre joint, miter, mitre]
2: the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint
is made; "he covered the miter with glue before making the
joint" [syn: miter, mitre]
3: a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
[syn: miter, mitre]
v 1: bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint
2: confer a miter on (a bishop)
3: fit together in a miter joint
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niter
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n 1: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn:
potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter,
nitre]
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stridor
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n 1: a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on
inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or
larynx
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collider
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n 1: an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced
to collide head on
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saida
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n 1: the main city of ancient Phoenicia [syn: Sayda, Saida,
Sidon]
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ida
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n 1: an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World
Bank [syn: International Development Association, IDA]
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haida
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n 1: a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who
lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and
southwestern Alaska
2: the Na-Dene language of the Haida
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oneida
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n 1: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of
Lake Ontario
2: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida
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cyder
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n 1: a beverage made from juice pressed from apples [syn:
cider, cyder]
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biker
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confider
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derider
0
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guider
0
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hider
0
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snider
0
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wider
0
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chider
0
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schneider
0
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crider
0
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cryder
0
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frieder
0
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ryder
0
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sider
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snyder
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offsider
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overrider
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paraglider
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