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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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bicycler
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n 1: a person who rides a bicycle [syn: cyclist, bicyclist,
bicycler, wheeler]
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bubbler
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n 1: a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water [syn:
drinking fountain, water fountain, bubbler]
2: any of various devices in which air or some other gas is
bubbled through a liquid
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buckler
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n 1: armor carried on the arm to intercept blows [syn: shield,
buckler]
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butler
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n 1: a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who
has charge of wines and the table [syn: butler,
pantryman]
2: English novelist who described a fictitious land he called
Erewhon (1835-1902) [syn: Butler, Samuel Butler]
3: English poet (1612-1680) [syn: Butler, Samuel Butler]
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chronicler
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n 1: someone who writes chronicles
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coupler
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n 1: a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of
adjacent objects [syn: coupling, coupler]
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cutler
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n 1: a dealer in cutlery
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fin
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome,
quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear
fenders of an automobile [syn: tail fin, tailfin, fin]
3: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit
air and reject rain [syn: louver, louvre, fin]
4: a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in
swimming (especially underwater) [syn: flipper, fin]
5: a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
6: organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other
aquatic animals
v 1: equip (a car) with fins
2: propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
3: show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks
were finning near the surface" [syn: fin, break water]
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heckler
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n 1: someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions
and objections [syn: heckler, badgerer]
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juggler
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n 1: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of
manual dexterity
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smuggler
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n 1: someone who imports or exports without paying duties [syn:
smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser,
moon-curser]
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stickler
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n 1: someone who insists on something; "a stickler for
promptness"
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swashbuckler
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n 1: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn:
daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler,
lunatic, harum-scarum]
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truckler
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n 1: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who
behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: apple
polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler,
truckler]
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color
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adj 1: having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he
rented a color television"; "marvelous color
illustrations" [syn: color, colour] [ant: black and
white(p), black-and-white]
n 1: a visual attribute of things that results from the light
they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up
of many different wavelengths of light" [syn: color,
colour, coloring, colouring] [ant: achromaticity,
achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness]
2: interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was
lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with
exceptional vividness" [syn: color, colour, vividness]
3: the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to
capture the true color of the original music" [syn: color,
colour, coloration, colouration]
4: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race
(especially Blacks) [syn: color, colour, people of
color, people of colour]
5: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately
misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of
authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of
moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different
color" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour]
6: any material used for its color; "she used a different color
for the trim" [syn: coloring material, colouring
material, color, colour]
7: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their
role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes
in three colors" [syn: color, colour]
8: the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in
terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or
brightness) and saturation [syn: color, colour]
v 1: add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall
colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" [syn:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
colour, color in, colour in] [ant: discolor]
2: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color
my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
[syn: tinge, color, colour, distort]
3: modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
[syn: color, colour]
4: decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm
tones" [syn: color, colour, emblazon]
5: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
[syn: color, colour, gloss]
6: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts
discolored" [syn: discolor, discolour, colour, color]
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knuckler
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n 1: a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin [syn:
knuckleball, knuckler]
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culler
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trickier
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chuckler
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muddler
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schmuckler
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buchler
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