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amanita
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n 1: genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores
and are poisonous with few exceptions [syn: Amanita,
genus Amanita]
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beta
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adj 1: second in order of importance; "the candidate, considered
a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party
to victory"
2: preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware
product; "a beta version"; "beta software"
n 1: the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
2: beets [syn: Beta, genus Beta]
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cheetah
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n 1: long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia
having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be
trained to run down game [syn: cheetah, chetah,
Acinonyx jubatus]
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secretor
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n 1: any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by
the body and release it through ducts or directly into the
bloodstream [syn: gland, secretory organ, secretor,
secreter]
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senorita
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n 1: a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an
unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss'
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seta
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n 1: stalk of a moss capsule
2: a stiff hair or bristle
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songwriter
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n 1: a composer of words or music for popular songs [syn:
songwriter, songster, ballad maker]
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sportswriter
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n 1: a journalist who writes about sports [syn: sports writer,
sportswriter]
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taximeter
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n 1: a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the
length of the ride)
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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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typewriter
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n 1: hand-operated character printer for printing written
messages one character at a time
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underwriter
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n 1: a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
[syn: investment banker, underwriter]
2: an agent who sells insurance [syn: insurance broker,
insurance agent, general agent, underwriter]
3: a financial institution that sells insurance [syn: insurance
company, insurance firm, insurer, insurance
underwriter, underwriter]
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voltmeter
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n 1: meter that measures the potential difference between two
points
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wattmeter
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n 1: an instrument for measuring in watts the flow of power in
an electrical circuit
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windcheater
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n 1: a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
[syn: parka, windbreaker, windcheater, anorak]
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writer
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n 1: writes (books or stories or articles or the like)
professionally (for pay) [syn: writer, author]
2: a person who is able to write and has written something
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zeta
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n 1: the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
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treater
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n 1: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to
reach a settlement) [syn: negotiator, negotiant,
treater]
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eta
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n 1: a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student
activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate
nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create
an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees; "in
1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of
government officials" [syn: Basque Homeland and Freedom,
Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna,
ETA]
2: the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
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chaeta
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n 1: a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid
worm
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baryta
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n 1: any of several compounds of barium
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vita
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smiter
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akita
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anita
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bonita
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arita
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copita
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corallita
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