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beaver
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n 1: the soft brown fur of the beaver [syn: beaver, beaver
fur]
2: a native or resident of Oregon [syn: Oregonian, Beaver]
3: a full beard
4: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or
with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat,
silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver]
5: a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect
the lower face
6: a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
[syn: beaver, castor]
7: large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad
flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
v 1: work hard on something [syn: beaver, beaver away]
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believer
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n 1: a supporter who accepts something as true [syn: believer,
truster]
2: a person who has religious faith [syn: believer,
worshiper, worshipper]
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cantilever
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n 1: projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
v 1: project as a cantilever
2: construct with girders and beams such that only one end is
fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
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cleaver
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n 1: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn:
cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]
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deceiver
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n 1: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
beguiler, slicker]
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disbeliever
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n 1: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn:
disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever]
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diva
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n 1: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic
star [syn: prima donna, diva]
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fever
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n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity,
pyrexia, feverishness]
2: intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"
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griever
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n 1: a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who
has died) [syn: mourner, griever, sorrower,
lamenter]
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retriever
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n 1: a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained
to retrieve game
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unbeliever
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n 1: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn:
disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever]
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viva
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n 1: an examination conducted by spoken communication [syn:
oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce,
viva]
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weaver
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n 1: a craftsman who weaves cloth
2: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their
elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver, weaverbird, weaver
finch]
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yeshiva
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n 1: an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts
(primarily the Talmud) [syn: yeshiva, yeshivah]
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shiva
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n 1: (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the
death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva"
[syn: shiva, shivah, shibah]
2: the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later
Hindu pantheon [syn: Siva, Shiva]
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neva
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n 1: a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into
the Gulf of Finland [syn: Neva, Neva River]
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iva
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n 1: any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with
small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal
salt marshes) of eastern and central North America [syn:
marsh elder, iva]
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geneva
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n 1: a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of
Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various
international organizations [syn: Geneva, Geneve,
Genf]
2: gin made in the Netherlands [syn: geneva, Holland gin,
Hollands]
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transceiver
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weever
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belvoir
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acquaviva
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akiva
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cleva
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eva
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riva
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aptiva
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ediva
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festiva
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oliva
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aprodiva
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delariva
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