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bandleader
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n 1: the leader of a dance band
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bleeder
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n 1: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable
bleeding [syn: hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder,
hemophile, haemophile]
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breeder
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n 1: a person who breeds animals [syn: breeder, stock
breeder]
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cedar
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n 1: any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that
resemble cedars [syn: cedar, cedar tree]
2: durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees;
especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
[syn: cedar, cedarwood]
3: any cedar of the genus Cedrus [syn: cedar, cedar tree,
true cedar]
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cheerleader
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n 1: an enthusiastic and vocal supporter; "he has become a
cheerleader for therapeutic cloning"
2: someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting
event
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copyreader
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n 1: an editor who prepares text for publication [syn: copy
editor, copyreader, text editor]
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feeder
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n 1: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
2: someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: eater,
feeder]
3: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder,
tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary]
4: a machine that automatically provides a supply of some
material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the
livestock" [syn: self-feeder, feeder]
5: an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds [syn:
bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder]
6: an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark
feeder"; "a mud feeder"
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leader
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n 1: a person who rules or guides or inspires others [ant:
follower]
2: a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to
draw customers [syn: drawing card, loss leader, leader]
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pleader
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n 1: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: advocate,
counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law,
pleader]
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reader
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n 1: a person who enjoys reading
2: someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a
certain number of issues of a publication [syn: subscriber,
reader]
3: a person who can read; a literate person
4: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability
for publication [syn: reviewer, referee, reader]
5: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark
corrections [syn: proofreader, reader]
6: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone
ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church [syn:
lector, reader]
7: a public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector,
lecturer, reader]
8: one of a series of texts for students learning to read
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ringleader
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n 1: a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
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speaker
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n 1: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks
(especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone
especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an
utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker, talker,
utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser]
2: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals
into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn:
loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker
system, speaker system]
3: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader
of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of
Representatives"
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speeder
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n 1: a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit [syn: speeder,
speed demon]
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teacher
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n 1: a person whose occupation is teaching [syn: teacher,
instructor]
2: a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his
teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
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teeter
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n 1: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum;
the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
[syn: seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter,
teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board]
v 1: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: teeter,
seesaw, totter]
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tweeter
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n 1: a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency
sounds; "the sound system had both tweeters and woofers"
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liter
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n 1: a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume
of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions;
now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75
pints) [syn: liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter,
cubic decimetre]
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needer
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n 1: a person who wants or needs something; "an owner of many
things and needer of none" [syn: wanter, needer]
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peeper
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n 1: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of
others [syn: voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper]
2: an informal term referring to the eye
3: an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
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seeder
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n 1: a person who seeds clouds [syn: seeder, cloud seeder]
2: a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over
the ground
3: a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit
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weeder
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n 1: a farmhand hired to remove weeds
2: a hand tool for removing weeds [syn: weeder, weed-
whacker]
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veda
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n 1: (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most
ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early
Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas,
the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads [syn:
Vedic literature, Veda]
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reseda
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n 1: any plant of the genus Reseda
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leda
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus
who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was
conceived in the rape of Leda
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corrida
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n 1: a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a
matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before
many spectators [syn: bullfight, corrida]
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newsreader
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n 1: someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin [syn:
newsreader, news reader]
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decaliter
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n 1: a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
[syn: dekaliter, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre,
dal, dkl]
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dekaliter
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n 1: a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
[syn: dekaliter, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre,
dal, dkl]
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conceder
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kneader
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lieder
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stockbreeder
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breda
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aida
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elfreda
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ouida
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