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adapter
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n 1: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices
or instruments or for another style of performance [syn:
arranger, adapter, transcriber]
2: device that enables something to be used in a way different
from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces
of apparatus compatible [syn: adapter, adaptor]
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adaptor
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n 1: device that enables something to be used in a way different
from that for which it was intended or makes different
pieces of apparatus compatible [syn: adapter, adaptor]
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adopter
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n 1: a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her
own child [syn: adoptive parent, adopter]
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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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captor
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n 1: a person who captures and holds people or animals [syn:
captor, capturer] [ant: liberator]
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chapter
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n 1: a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and
titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling
asleep"
2: any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the
industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British
history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their
relationship"
3: a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined
the Atlanta chapter"
4: an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or
even of the canons of a church
5: a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of
disasters"
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interceptor
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n 1: a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept
enemy aircraft
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prompter
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n 1: someone who assists a performer by providing the next words
of a forgotten speech [syn: prompter, theater prompter]
2: a device that displays words for people to read [syn:
prompter, autocue]
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raptor
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n 1: any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other
animals [syn: bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird]
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receptor
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n 1: a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order
to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous
tissue and the physiological response
2: an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye
or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation [syn:
sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor] [ant:
effector]
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sceptre
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n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn:
scepter, sceptre]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand]
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sculptor
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n 1: an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor,
sculpturer, carver, statue maker]
2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
and Cetus
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tempter
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n 1: a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of
mankind"
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traitor
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n 1: someone who betrays his country by committing treason [syn:
traitor, treasonist]
2: a person who says one thing and does another [syn: double-
crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer,
traitor]
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prater
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n 1: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [syn:
chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie,
spouter]
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allocator
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n 1: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
[syn: allocator, distributor]
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velociraptor
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n 1: small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops;
possibly related more closely to birds than to other
dinosaurs
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annunciator
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n 1: an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has
been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
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sumpter
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n 1: an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry
loads [syn: pack animal, sumpter]
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preemptor
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n 1: someone who acquires land by preemption [syn: preemptor,
pre-emptor]
2: a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid [syn:
preemptor, pre-emptor]
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corrupter
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disrupter
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septa
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apter
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subchapter
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sumter
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lithotripter
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anaglypta
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gupta
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