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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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cur
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n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur,
mongrel, mutt]
2: a cowardly and despicable person
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paprika
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n 1: plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped
fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: sweet pepper,
bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet
pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum]
2: a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos
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seeker
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n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after
truth" [syn: seeker, searcher, quester]
2: a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward
some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
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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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squeaker
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n 1: any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those
sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?"
2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn:
close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow
escape]
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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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streaker
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n 1: someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked
through a public place
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pika
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n 1: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia
and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, rock
rabbit, coney, cony]
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meeker
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weaker
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bleaker
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zuleika
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strieker
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dijker
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eaker
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kiecker
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reker
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rieker
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curr
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bleecker
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bleeker
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beeker
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bieker
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freaker
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