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angostura
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n 1: the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines
and liqueurs and bitters [syn: angostura bark,
angostura]
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bearer
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n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the
bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: carrier,
bearer, toter]
2: a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"
3: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn:
pallbearer, bearer]
4: the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or
document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds
it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'" [syn: holder,
bearer]
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bravura
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n 1: brilliant and showy technical skill; "in a final bravura
the ballerina appeared to be floating in water"; "the music
ends with a display of bravura"
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coloratura
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n 1: a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
[syn: coloratura, coloratura soprano]
2: singing with florid ornamentation
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devourer
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n 1: someone who eats greedily or voraciously
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durra
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n 1: sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn:
durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian
millet, Guinea corn]
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emperor
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n 1: the male ruler of an empire
2: red table grape of California
3: large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily
scaled transparent wings [syn: emperor, emperor moth,
Saturnia pavonia]
4: large richly colored butterfly [syn: emperor butterfly,
emperor]
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enquirer
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n 1: someone who asks a question [syn: inquirer, enquirer,
questioner, querier, asker]
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fruiterer
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n 1: a person who sells fruit
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insurer
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n 1: a financial institution that sells insurance [syn:
insurance company, insurance firm, insurer,
insurance underwriter, underwriter]
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juror
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n 1: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a
jury [syn: juror, juryman, jurywoman]
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opera
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n 1: a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral
accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
2: a commercial browser
3: a building where musical dramas are performed [syn: opera,
opera house]
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pleura
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n 1: the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls
of the chest
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procurer
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n 1: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they
call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer,
pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce]
2: someone who obtains or acquires; "the procurer of opera
tickets" [syn: procurer, securer]
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sharer
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n 1: someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
[syn: partaker, sharer]
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sorcerer
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n 1: one who practices magic or sorcery [syn: sorcerer,
magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge,
thaumaturgist]
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sparer
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n 1: someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
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tempera
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n 1: pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such
as size and egg yolk [syn: tempera, poster paint,
poster color, poster colour]
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tempura
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n 1: vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
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transferor
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n 1: (law) someone who conveys a title or property to another
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treasurer
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n 1: an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
[syn: treasurer, financial officer]
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upholsterer
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n 1: a craftsman who upholsters furniture
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usurer
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n 1: someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
[syn: usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock]
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wanderer
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n 1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn:
wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage]
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]
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wearer
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n 1: a person who wears or carries or displays something as a
body covering or accessory; "the wearer of the crown"
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whisperer
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n 1: one who speaks in a whisper
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scourer
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n 1: someone who cleanses by scouring
2: someone who travels widely and energetically; "he was a
scourer of the seven seas"
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venturer
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n 1: a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a
venture that sends goods overseas) [syn: venturer,
merchant-venturer]
2: a person who enjoys taking risks [syn: adventurer,
venturer]
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sura
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n 1: one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran
is divided in 114 suras"
2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: calf, sura]
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acquirer
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n 1: a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
2: a corporation gaining financial control over another
corporation or financial institution through a payment in
cash or an exchange of stock
3: the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated
teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued
the credit card
4: a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for
credit card receipts less a processing fee [syn: merchant
bank, acquirer]
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dura
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n 1: the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges [syn: dura
mater, dura]
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datura
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n 1: thorn apple [syn: Datura, genus Datura]
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bujumbura
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Burundi; "Usumbura was
renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962"
[syn: Bujumbura, Usumbura, capital of Burundi]
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nomenklatura
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n 1: the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled
by committees in the Communist Party
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durer
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n 1: a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance
(1471-1528) [syn: Durer, Albrecht Durer]
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armorer
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n 1: a worker skilled in making armor or arms; "a sword made by
a famous English armorer" [syn: armorer, armourer]
2: an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and
machine guns etc. [syn: armorer, armourer, artificer]
3: a manufacturer of firearms [syn: armorer, armourer]
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laborer
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n 1: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in
manual labor [syn: laborer, manual laborer, labourer,
jack]
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paperer
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n 1: one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
[syn: paperhanger, paperer]
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tourer
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n 1: someone who travels for pleasure [syn: tourist, tourer,
holidaymaker]
2: large open car seating four with folding top [syn: touring
car, phaeton, tourer]
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tollgatherer
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n 1: someone employed to collect tolls [syn: tollkeeper,
tollman, tollgatherer, toll collector, toll taker,
toll agent, toller]
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corpora
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verderer
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jura
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preparer
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tempore
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airer
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surah
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surra
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figura
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scordatura
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tessitura
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bonaventura
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fioritura
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imprimatura
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venerer
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madura
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estremadura
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lehrer
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currer
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chamberer
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clobberer
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fewterer
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hucksterer
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klemperer
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lusterer
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miterer
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pewterer
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tamboura
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