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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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bleacher
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n 1: a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
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creature
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n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature,
fauna]
2: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature,
wight]
3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform
unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn:
creature, tool, puppet]
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feature
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n 1: a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map
showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his
best characteristics" [syn: feature, characteristic]
2: the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose
and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his
features"; "his lineaments were very regular" [syn:
feature, lineament]
3: the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie
theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" [syn:
feature, feature film]
4: a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine;
"they ran a feature on retirement planning" [syn: feature,
feature article]
5: (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic
unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the
same kind [syn: feature of speech, feature]
6: an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised
more than other articles
v 1: have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most
famous chefs in France" [syn: have, feature] [ant:
lack, miss]
2: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was
sporting a new hat" [syn: sport, feature, boast]
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preacher
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n 1: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel [syn:
preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser]
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sleeper
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n 1: a rester who is sleeping [syn: sleeper, slumberer]
2: a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country
who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a
prearranged signal
3: an unexpected achiever of success; "the winner was a true
sleeper--no one expected him to get it"
4: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn:
tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper]
5: a passenger car that has berths for sleeping [syn: sleeping
car, sleeper, wagon-lit]
6: pajamas with feet; worn by children
7: a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
8: tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the
bottom in shallow water [syn: sleeper, sleeper goby]
9: an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
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sneaker
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n 1: a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole [syn: gym shoe,
sneaker, tennis shoe]
2: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon,
stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
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speaker
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n 1: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks
(especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone
especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an
utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker, talker,
utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser]
2: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals
into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn:
loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker
system, speaker system]
3: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader
of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of
Representatives"
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speeder
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n 1: a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit [syn: speeder,
speed demon]
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steeper
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n 1: a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping
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sweeper
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n 1: an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
2: a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt
as the implement is pushed over a carpet [syn: carpet
sweeper, sweeper]
3: little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an
oblong compressed body
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teacher
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n 1: a person whose occupation is teaching [syn: teacher,
instructor]
2: a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his
teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
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teeter
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n 1: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum;
the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
[syn: seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter,
teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board]
v 1: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: teeter,
seesaw, totter]
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tweeter
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n 1: a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency
sounds; "the sound system had both tweeters and woofers"
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leaker
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n 1: a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know
who the leakers were"
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screecher
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n 1: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice [syn:
roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher,
shouter, yeller]
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chirr
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v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
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churr
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v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr,
whirr]
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beecher
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n 1: United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition
of slavery (1813-1887) [syn: Beecher, Henry Ward
Beecher]
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deciliter
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n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter [syn:
deciliter, decilitre, dl]
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decaliter
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n 1: a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
[syn: dekaliter, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre,
dal, dkl]
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sweeter
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weaker
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bleaker
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reacher
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peacher
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chirre
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beacher
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gleacher
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