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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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bender
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n 1: a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"
2: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse,
carousal, bender, toot, booze-up]
3: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its
path curves as it approaches the batter [syn: curve, curve
ball, breaking ball, bender]
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blender
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n 1: an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix
or chop or liquefy foods [syn: blender, liquidizer,
liquidiser]
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contender
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n 1: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
[syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition,
contender]
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defender
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n 1: a person who cares for persons or property [syn:
defender, guardian, protector, shielder]
2: a fighter who holds out against attack [syn: defender,
withstander]
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engender
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v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]
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fender
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n 1: a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block
splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a
wing" [syn: fender, wing]
2: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear
the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot]
3: a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
4: a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
[syn: buffer, fender]
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gender
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n 1: a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the
agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in
some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European
languages it is usually based on sex or animateness [syn:
gender, grammatical gender]
2: the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of
their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of
the foetus" [syn: sex, gender, sexuality]
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lender
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n 1: someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
[syn: lender, loaner] [ant: borrower]
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mender
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n 1: a skilled worker who mends or repairs things [syn:
mender, repairer, fixer]
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offender
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n 1: a person who transgresses moral or civil law [syn:
wrongdoer, offender]
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pretender
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n 1: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually
without just title)
2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter,
impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham,
shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
3: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she
does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or
motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator,
phony, phoney, pretender]
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render
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n 1: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to
masonry walls
v 1: cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
2: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room
with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide,
render, furnish]
3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered
the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: interpret,
render]
4: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate
renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield,
return, give, generate]
5: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
render, deliver, return]
6: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn:
render, submit]
7: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return]
8: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard
delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the
prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the
money" [syn: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up,
turn in, deliver, render]
9: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much
tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict,
render, show]
10: coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the
den"
11: bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: give,
render]
12: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I
have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the
U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting
dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English";
"He translates for the U.N." [syn: translate, interpret,
render]
13: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try
the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: try,
render]
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sender
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n 1: someone who transmits a message; "return to sender" [syn:
sender, transmitter]
2: set used to broadcast radio or tv signals [syn:
transmitter, sender]
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slender
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adj 1: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a
willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with
straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross
the street" [syn: slender, slight, slim, svelte]
2: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender,
thin]
3: having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a
slender pole"
4: small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of
winning"; "a small surplus" [syn: slender, slim]
5: moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom,
lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte,
sylphlike]
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spender
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n 1: English poet and critic (1909-1995) [syn: Spender,
Stephen Spender, Sir Stephen Harold Spender]
2: someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spendthrift,
spend-all, spender, scattergood]
3: someone who spends money to purchase goods or services [syn:
spender, disburser, expender]
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surrender
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n 1: acceptance of despair [syn: resignation, surrender]
2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up,
yielding, surrender]
3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
4: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions);
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
[syn: capitulation, fall, surrender]
v 1: give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of
another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
[syn: surrender, give up] [ant: hold out, resist,
stand firm, withstand]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
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suspender
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n 1: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the
plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus]
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tender
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adj 1: given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a
tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care";
"tender memories"; "a tender mother" [ant: tough]
2: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
3: young and immature; "at a tender age"
4: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender
glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, fond,
lovesome, tender, warm]
5: easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" [ant: tough]
6: physically untoughened; "tender feet" [syn: tender,
untoughened] [ant: tough, toughened]
7: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn:
crank, cranky, tender, tippy]
8: (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing
condition; "tender green shoots"
n 1: something that can be used as an official medium of payment
[syn: tender, legal tender, stamp]
2: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of
another [syn: attendant, attender, tender]
3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid,
tender]
4: car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5: a boat for communication between ship and shore [syn:
tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter]
6: ship that usually provides supplies to other ships [syn:
tender, supply ship]
v 1: offer or present for acceptance
2: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for
the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender]
3: make a tender of; in legal settlements
4: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or
applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat" [syn: tender,
tenderize, tenderise]
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vender
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n 1: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for
money [syn: seller, marketer, vender, vendor,
trafficker]
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vendor
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n 1: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for
money [syn: seller, marketer, vender, vendor,
trafficker]
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splendor
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n 1: a quality that outshines the usual [syn: luster,
lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour]
2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
"it is the university that gives the scene its stately
splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence,
brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur,
grandness]
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ender
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schlender
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callender
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cavender
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challender
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allender
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pender
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brender
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brendor
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