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better
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adv 1: comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent
manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a
greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed
better left undone"; "better suited to the job"
2: from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows
best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best]
adj 1: (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same
class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or
desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than
another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a
better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a
better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a
better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"
[ant: worse]
2: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or
fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" [ant:
worse, worsened]
3: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more
advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to
speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to
respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)]
4: more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour"
n 1: something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a
change for the better"
2: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer,
punter]
3: a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man
has been kept in his place by his betters"
4: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of
the two"
v 1: surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record";
"break a record" [syn: better, break]
2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his
changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate,
meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate,
worsen]
3: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn:
better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant:
decline, worsen]
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bettor
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n 1: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer,
punter]
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checker
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n 1: an attendant who checks coats or baggage
2: one who checks the correctness of something
3: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of
checkers [syn: checker, chequer]
v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
[syn: check, checker, chequer]
2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn:
checker, chequer]
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cheddar
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n 1: a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was
first made
2: hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in
southwestern England [syn: cheddar, cheddar cheese,
Armerican cheddar, American cheese]
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chequer
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n 1: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of
checkers [syn: checker, chequer]
v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
[syn: check, checker, chequer]
2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn:
checker, chequer]
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cur
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n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur,
mongrel, mutt]
2: a cowardly and despicable person
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debtor
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n 1: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the
obligation of paying a debt [syn: debtor, debitor]
[ant: creditor]
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exchequer
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n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual
[syn: treasury, exchequer]
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mecca
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n 1: joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in
western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is
the holiest city of Islam
2: a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for
young artists"
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pecker
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n 1: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
2: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing
and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
[syn: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker]
3: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb,
nib, pecker]
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wrecker
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n 1: someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
2: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
[syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist]
3: a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove
cars from no-parking zones) [syn: tow truck, tow car,
wrecker]
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decker
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n 1: English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) [syn:
Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker]
2: (often used in combinations) something constructed with
multiple levels; "they rode in a double-decker bus"
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neckar
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n 1: a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows
north into the Rhine [syn: Neckar, Neckar River]
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necker
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n 1: a lover who necks
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rebecca
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n 1: (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
[syn: Rebecca, Rebekah]
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weka
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n 1: flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having
short wings each with a spur used in fighting [syn: weka,
maori hen, wood hen]
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baedeker
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n 1: German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks
(1801-1859) [syn: Baedeker, Karl Baedeker]
2: any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German
firm founded by Karl Baedeker
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becker
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klecker
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dequeker
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quebecker
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decca
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rijeka
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curr
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cheka
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ecker
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fecher
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haecker
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hecker
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hekker
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