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backbiter
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n 1: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or
libel [syn: defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier,
libeler, backbiter, traducer]
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biter
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n 1: someone who bites
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blighter
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n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter,
cuss, pesterer, gadfly]
2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn:
chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent,
blighter, cuss, bloke]
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bullfighter
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n 1: someone who fights bulls [syn: bullfighter, toreador]
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copywriter
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n 1: a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
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fighter
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n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
2: a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy
enemy aircraft in the air [syn: fighter, fighter
aircraft, attack aircraft]
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter,
hero, paladin]
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lighter
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n 1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn:
igniter, ignitor, lighter]
2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;
"do you have a light?" [syn: lighter, light, igniter,
ignitor]
3: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on
canals) [syn: barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter]
v 1: transport in a flatbottom boat
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moonlighter
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n 1: a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
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nitre
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n 1: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn:
potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter,
nitre]
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teletypewriter
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n 1: a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates
like a typewriter [syn: teletypewriter, teleprinter,
teletype machine, telex, telex machine]
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titre
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n 1: the concentration of a solution as determined by titration
[syn: titer, titre]
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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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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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miter
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n 1: joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled
at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner [syn:
miter joint, mitre joint, miter, mitre]
2: the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint
is made; "he covered the miter with glue before making the
joint" [syn: miter, mitre]
3: a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
[syn: miter, mitre]
v 1: bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint
2: confer a miter on (a bishop)
3: fit together in a miter joint
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niter
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n 1: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn:
potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter,
nitre]
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baryta
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n 1: any of several compounds of barium
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highlighter
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n 1: a cosmetic used to highlight the eyes or cheekbones
2: a fluorescent marker used to mark important passages in a
text
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igniter
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n 1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn:
igniter, ignitor, lighter]
2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;
"do you have a light?" [syn: lighter, light, igniter,
ignitor]
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reciter
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n 1: someone who recites from memory
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braillewriter
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brighter
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righter
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slighter
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tighter
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vita
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whiter
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nighter
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smiter
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triter
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gauleiter
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all-nighter
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