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arranger
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n 1: a person who brings order and organization to an
enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting" [syn:
organizer, organiser, arranger]
2: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or
instruments or for another style of performance [syn:
arranger, adapter, transcriber]
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passenger
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n 1: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or
plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn:
passenger, rider]
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plunger
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n 1: someone who risks losses for the possibility of
considerable gains [syn: speculator, plunger]
2: someone who dives (into water) [syn: diver, plunger]
3: hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at
one end; used to clean clogged drains [syn: plunger,
plumber's helper]
4: mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
[syn: piston, plunger]
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porringer
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n 1: a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle); "the child
was eating pottage from a porringer"
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ranger
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n 1: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a
mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier [syn:
Texas Ranger, Ranger]
2: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an
area of forest [syn: fire warden, forest fire fighter,
ranger]
3: a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-
and-run raids [syn: commando, ranger]
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scavenger
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n 1: a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to
counteract the effects of impurities
2: someone who collects things that have been discarded by
others [syn: magpie, scavenger, pack rat]
3: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic
matter
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scrounger
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n 1: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
[syn: moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger]
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soldier
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n 1: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the
soldiers stood at attention"
2: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and
powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
v 1: serve as a soldier in the military
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sponger
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n 1: a workman employed to collect sponges
2: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the
host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn: leech, parasite,
sponge, sponger]
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stranger
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n 1: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
2: an individual that one is not acquainted with [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
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winger
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n 1: (sports) player in wing position
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lounger
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n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier,
dilly-dallier, mope, lounger]
2: an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised
to allow the sitter to recline in it [syn: recliner,
reclining chair, lounger]
3: an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear
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alger
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n 1: United States author of inspirational adventure stories for
boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)
[syn: Alger, Horatio Alger]
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salinger
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n 1: United States writer (born 1919) [syn: Salinger, J. D.
Salinger, Jerome David Salinger]
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meninges
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n 1: a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal
cord [syn: meninx, meninges]
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ganges
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n 1: an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into
the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus [syn:
Ganges, Ganges River]
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schlesinger
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n 1: United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy
(born in 1917) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.]
2: United States historian (1888-1965) [syn: Schlesinger,
Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger]
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grainger
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n 1: United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in
London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961) [syn:
Grainger, Percy Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grainger,
George Percy Aldridge Grainger]
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kissinger
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n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and
President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, Henry
Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger]
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ninja
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n 1: a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and
hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person
skilled in ninjutsu
2: a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial
arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
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arranges
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changes
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exchanges
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granges
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phalanges
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ranges
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manges
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compages
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folger
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whinger
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boanerges
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