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appeaser
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n 1: someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands;
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will
eat him last"--Winston Churchill
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el
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n 1: angular distance above the horizon (especially of a
celestial object) [syn: elevation, EL, altitude,
ALT]
2: a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a
track that is raised above the street level [syn: elevated
railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead
railway]
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freezer
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n 1: electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food
is frozen and stored for long periods of time [syn: deep-
freeze, Deepfreeze, deep freezer, freezer]
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geezer
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n 1: a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
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geyser
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n 1: a spring that discharges hot water and steam
v 1: to overflow like a geyser
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greaser
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n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican
descent [syn: greaser, wetback, taco]
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pleaser
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n 1: a pleasing entertainer; "he is quite the crowd pleaser"
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squeezer
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n 1: a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit
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teaser
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n 1: a worker who teases wool
2: someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring
curiosity) [syn: tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer]
3: an advertisement that offers something free in order to
arouse customers' interest
4: a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a
correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles";
"that's a real puzzler" [syn: puzzle, puzzler,
mystifier, teaser]
5: an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a
television show
6: a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from
seeing into the wings [syn: tormenter, tormentor,
teaser]
7: a device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle
the fibers"
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visa
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n 1: an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to
enter the country issuing it
v 1: provide (a passport) with a visa
2: approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed"
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caesar
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n 1: conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) [syn:
Caesar, Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar]
2: United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows
(born 1922) [syn: Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar]
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sneezer
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n 1: a person who sneezes
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tweezer
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n 1: a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for
grasping [syn: pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer,
pair of tweezers]
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giza
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n 1: an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile
opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
[syn: Giza, El Giza, Gizeh]
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theresa
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n 1: Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church
(born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia);
dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997) [syn:
Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa,
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu]
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liza
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n 1: similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the
Caribbean region [syn: liza, Mugil liza]
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seizer
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n 1: a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory
service aboard a ship [syn: shanghaier, seizer]
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brainteaser
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keyser
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lisa
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bleser
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louisa
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genizah
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beazer
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cesar
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cheeser
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