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beaker
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n 1: a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for
chemistry
2: a cup (usually without a handle)
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beater
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n 1: a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
2: an implement for beating
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beeper
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n 1: an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when
the person carrying it is being paged [syn: beeper,
pager]
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beleaguer
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v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug,
beleaguer]
2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
circumvent]
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bleacher
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n 1: a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
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bleeder
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n 1: someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable
bleeding [syn: hemophiliac, haemophiliac, bleeder,
hemophile, haemophile]
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bodega
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n 1: a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
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breeder
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n 1: a person who breeds animals [syn: breeder, stock
breeder]
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cheater
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n 1: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
beguiler, slicker]
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creeper
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n 1: any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
2: a person who crawls or creeps along the ground [syn:
crawler, creeper]
3: any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern
hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves
on stiff tail feathers and their feet [syn: creeper, tree
creeper]
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eager
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adj 1: having or showing keen interest or intense desire or
impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel
abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager
look" [ant: uneager]
n 1: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by
colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn:
tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager]
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intriguer
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n 1: a person who devises plots or intrigues; "he is believed to
be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack"
[syn: designer, intriguer]
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meagre
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adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre,
meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample]
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overeager
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adj 1: excessively eager; "overeager in his pursuit of the girl"
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meager
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adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre,
meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample]
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vega
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n 1: prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) [syn: Vega, Lope
de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio]
2: the brightest star in the constellation Lyra
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ortega
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n 1: Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945) [syn: Ortega, Daniel
Ortega, Daniel Ortega Saavedra]
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seeger
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n 1: United States folk singer who was largely responsible for
the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
[syn: Seeger, Pete Seeger, Peter Seeger]
2: United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916) [syn:
Seeger, Alan Seeger]
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riga
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n 1: a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and
largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic
League [syn: Riga, capital of Latvia]
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antigua
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n 1: the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda
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eagre
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n 1: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by
colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn:
tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager]
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cheaper
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bleaker
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segar
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breger
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brieger
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cregar
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deger
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eagar
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eger
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feger
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fieger
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fleeger
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gieger
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grieger
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heger
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kreager
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kreeger
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kreger
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krieger
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pfleger
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sweger
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weger
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zeger
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zieger
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quadriga
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