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achiever
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n 1: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never
be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need
apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like
a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success,
succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter,
unsuccessful person]
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beaver
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n 1: the soft brown fur of the beaver [syn: beaver, beaver
fur]
2: a native or resident of Oregon [syn: Oregonian, Beaver]
3: a full beard
4: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or
with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat,
silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver]
5: a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect
the lower face
6: a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
[syn: beaver, castor]
7: large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad
flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
v 1: work hard on something [syn: beaver, beaver away]
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believer
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n 1: a supporter who accepts something as true [syn: believer,
truster]
2: a person who has religious faith [syn: believer,
worshiper, worshipper]
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cleaver
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n 1: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn:
cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]
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fever
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n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity,
pyrexia, feverishness]
2: intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"
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griever
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n 1: a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who
has died) [syn: mourner, griever, sorrower,
lamenter]
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heaver
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n 1: a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)
2: a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a
dockyard)
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leaver
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n 1: someone who leaves [syn: departer, leaver, goer]
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lever
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n 1: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
2: a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given
a fulcrum
3: a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock [syn: lever, lever
tumbler]
v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to
pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise,
prize, lever, jimmy]
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receiver
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n 1: set that receives radio or tv signals [syn: receiver,
receiving system]
2: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who
liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of
affected parties [syn: liquidator, receiver]
3: earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds [syn:
telephone receiver, receiver]
4: a person who receives something [syn: recipient,
receiver]
5: the tennis player who receives the serve
6: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a
forward pass [syn: receiver, pass receiver, pass
catcher]
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reliever
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n 1: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get
dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for
dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer
fill-ins" [syn: stand-in, substitute, relief,
reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]
2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms
and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
[syn: reliever, allayer, comforter]
3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever,
relief pitcher, fireman]
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retriever
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n 1: a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained
to retrieve game
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viva
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n 1: an examination conducted by spoken communication [syn:
oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce,
viva]
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weaver
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n 1: a craftsman who weaves cloth
2: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their
elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver, weaverbird, weaver
finch]
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nonbeliever
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n 1: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn:
disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever]
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cheever
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n 1: United States writer of novels and short stories
(1912-1982) [syn: Cheever, John Cheever]
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shiva
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n 1: (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the
death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva"
[syn: shiva, shivah, shibah]
2: the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later
Hindu pantheon [syn: Siva, Shiva]
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neva
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n 1: a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into
the Gulf of Finland [syn: Neva, Neva River]
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reaver
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beever
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biever
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deaver
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dever
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driever
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greever
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keever
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leever
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reever
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mcgeever
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eva
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