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accoutre
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v 1: provide with military equipment [syn: accouter,
accoutre]
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commuter
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n 1: a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers
who travel regularly from one place to another [syn:
commuter, commuter train]
2: someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work
in a city
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computer
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n 1: a machine for performing calculations automatically [syn:
computer, computing machine, computing device, data
processor, electronic computer, information processing
system]
2: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating
machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer,
estimator, computer]
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contributor
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n 1: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum
of money [syn: subscriber, contributor]
2: a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine
or as part of a book
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crapshooter
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n 1: a gambler who plays the game of craps
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distributor
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n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributor,
distributer]
2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
[syn: allocator, distributor]
3: a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large
distributor of software products"
4: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs
of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
[syn: distributor, distributer, electrical distributor]
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freebooter
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n 1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn:
plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler,
raider, freebooter]
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hooter
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n 1: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker,
hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle,
schnoz]
2: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise [syn:
automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn,
hooter]
3: nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and
large head with front-facing eyes [syn: owl, bird of
Minerva, bird of night, hooter]
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looter
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n 1: someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn:
plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler,
raider, freebooter]
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microcomputer
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n 1: a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and
designed to be used by one person at a time [syn: personal
computer, PC, microcomputer]
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minicomputer
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n 1: a digital computer of medium size
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neuter
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adj 1: of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular
neuter pronoun" [ant: feminine, masculine]
2: having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex
organs [syn: neuter, sexless]
n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to
inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
v 1: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter,
neuter, spay, castrate]
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persecutor
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n 1: someone who torments [syn: tormentor, tormenter,
persecutor]
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pewter
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n 1: any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other
metals (especially lead)
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polluter
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n 1: a person or organization that causes pollution of the
environment [syn: polluter, defiler]
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prosecutor
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n 1: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on
behalf of the state [syn: prosecutor, public
prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney]
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refuter
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n 1: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary
evidence or argument [syn: rebutter, disprover,
refuter, confuter]
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rooter
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n 1: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan,
fan, rooter]
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router
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n 1: a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
2: (computer science) a device that forwards data packets
between computer networks
3: a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for
cutting grooves
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scooter
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n 1: a motorboat resembling a motor scooter [syn: water
scooter, sea scooter, scooter]
2: child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
3: a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered
gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel [syn: motor
scooter, scooter]
4: a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame;
suitable for traveling over ice [syn: iceboat, ice yacht,
scooter]
5: large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern
hemisphere [syn: scoter, scooter]
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sharpshooter
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n 1: an athlete noted for accurate aim
2: someone skilled in shooting [syn: marksman, sharpshooter,
crack shot]
3: a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for
illegal fishing in Canadian waters
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shooter
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n 1: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
[syn: taw, shooter]
2: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to
shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shot,
shooter]
3: a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps [syn:
shooter, crap-shooter]
4: (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or
a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
5: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
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suitor
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n 1: a man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the
princess" [syn: suitor, suer, wooer]
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supercomputer
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n 1: a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful
available at a given time
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tutor
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n 1: a person who gives private instruction (as in singing,
acting, etc.) [syn: coach, private instructor, tutor]
v 1: be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She
tutored me in Spanish"
2: act as a guardian to someone
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accouter
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v 1: provide with military equipment [syn: accouter,
accoutre]
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laputa
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n 1: a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical
projects were pursued and practical projects neglected
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barracouta
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n 1: a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia,
New Zealand, and southern Africa [syn: barracouta,
snoek]
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collocutor
0
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diluter
0
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disputer
0
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peashooter
0
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sputa
0
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herrnhuter
0
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transputer
0
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souter
0
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scuta
0
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ceuta
0
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valuta
0
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telecommuter
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