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checker
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n 1: an attendant who checks coats or baggage
2: one who checks the correctness of something
3: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of
checkers [syn: checker, chequer]
v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
[syn: check, checker, chequer]
2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn:
checker, chequer]
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chequer
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n 1: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of
checkers [syn: checker, chequer]
v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
[syn: check, checker, chequer]
2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn:
checker, chequer]
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exchequer
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n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual
[syn: treasury, exchequer]
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mecca
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n 1: joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in
western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is
the holiest city of Islam
2: a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for
young artists"
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pecker
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n 1: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
2: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing
and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
[syn: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker]
3: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb,
nib, pecker]
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seeker
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n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after
truth" [syn: seeker, searcher, quester]
2: a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward
some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
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theca
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n 1: a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
[syn: theca, sac]
2: outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects
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woodpecker
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n 1: bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for
climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood
for insects [syn: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker]
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wrecker
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n 1: someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
2: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
[syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist]
3: a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove
cars from no-parking zones) [syn: tow truck, tow car,
wrecker]
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decker
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n 1: English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) [syn:
Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker]
2: (often used in combinations) something constructed with
multiple levels; "they rode in a double-decker bus"
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ca
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n 1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light;
the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an
important component of most plants and animals [syn:
calcium, Ca, atomic number 20]
2: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd
largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: California,
Golden State, CA, Calif.]
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dekker
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n 1: English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) [syn:
Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker]
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neckar
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n 1: a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows
north into the Rhine [syn: Neckar, Neckar River]
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necker
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n 1: a lover who necks
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rebecca
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n 1: (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
[syn: Rebecca, Rebekah]
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weka
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n 1: flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having
short wings each with a spur used in fighting [syn: weka,
maori hen, wood hen]
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baedeker
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n 1: German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks
(1801-1859) [syn: Baedeker, Karl Baedeker]
2: any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German
firm founded by Karl Baedeker
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becker
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quebecker
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decca
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azteca
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barreca
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caleca
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fonseca
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lagreca
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marceca
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marseca
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marseka
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rijeka
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manteca
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