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banter
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n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give-
and-take, backchat]
v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh,
banter]
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beginner
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n 1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice,
beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate]
2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder,
beginner, founding father, father]
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canter
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n 1: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop [syn:
canter, lope]
v 1: ride at a canter; "The men cantered away"
2: go at a canter, of horses
3: ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the
meadow"
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cantor
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n 1: the musical director of a choir [syn: choirmaster,
precentor, cantor]
2: the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part
of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be
performed as solos [syn: cantor, hazan]
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carpenter
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n 1: a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
v 1: work as a carpenter
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chanter
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n 1: reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
[syn: chanter, melody pipe]
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counter
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adv 1: in the opposite direction; "run counter"
adj 1: indicating opposition or resistance [syn: antagonistic,
counter]
n 1: table consisting of a horizontal surface over which
business is transacted
2: game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used
for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or
board games
3: a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times
something happens [syn: counter, tabulator]
4: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining
room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter,
sideboard]
5: a person who counts things
6: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the
teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte,
replication, comeback, counter]
7: (computer science) a register whose contents go through a
regular series of states (usually states indicating
consecutive integers)
8: a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; "a
counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel
and to give support to the foot" [syn: counter, heel
counter]
9: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch,
parry, counter]
v 1: speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive
arguments"
2: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]
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decanter
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n 1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn:
carafe, decanter]
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dinner
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n 1: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at
midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large
dinner when they returned from church"
2: a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests
should never be late to a dinner party" [syn: dinner,
dinner party]
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dissenter
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n 1: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn:
dissenter, dissident, protester, objector,
contestant]
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inner
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adj 1: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a
bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard
Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life,
but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David
Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"-
A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal]
2: located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner
room" [ant: outer(a)]
3: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the
internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate
structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate]
4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge";
"inside information"; "privileged information" [syn:
inside, inner, privileged]
5: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence;
"inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of
government"
6: inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
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midwinter
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n 1: the middle of winter
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minter
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n 1: a skilled worker who coins or stamps money [syn: coiner,
minter, moneyer]
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printer
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n 1: someone whose occupation is printing [syn: printer,
pressman]
2: (computer science) an output device that prints the results
of data processing
3: a machine that prints [syn: printer, printing machine]
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sinner
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n 1: a person who sins (without repenting) [syn: sinner,
evildoer]
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sinter
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v 1: cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by
heating without melting
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skinner
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n 1: United States actor (1858-1942) [syn: Skinner, Otis
Skinner]
2: United States actress noted for her one-woman shows
(1901-1979) [syn: Skinner, Cornelia Otis Skinner]
3: United States psychologist and a leading proponent of
behaviorism (1904-1990) [syn: Skinner, Fred Skinner, B.
F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner]
4: a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
5: a worker who drives mules [syn: muleteer, mule skinner,
mule driver, skinner]
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spinner
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n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn:
spinner, spinster, thread maker]
2: board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow
that is spun to determine the next move in the game
3: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
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splinter
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n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn:
splinter, sliver]
v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the
break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
[syn: secede, splinter, break away]
2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter]
3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
[syn: splinter, sliver]
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winner
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n 1: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner,
victor] [ant: also-ran, loser]
2: a gambler who wins a bet [ant: loser]
3: 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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winter
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n 1: the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere
it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
[syn: winter, wintertime]
v 1: spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera";
"Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" [syn:
winter, overwinter]
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pinner
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n 1: a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on
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berliner
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n 1: an inhabitant of Berlin
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overwinter
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v 1: spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera";
"Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" [syn:
winter, overwinter]
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augmenter
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binner
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brinner
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cwynar
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flinner
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gwinner
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kinner
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