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bookmaker
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n 1: a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds
books
2: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse
races) [syn: bookmaker, bookie]
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acre
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n 1: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking
countries
2: a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
3: a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern
Mediterranean [syn: Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho]
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automaker
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n 1: a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles [syn:
car manufacturer, car maker, carmaker, auto
manufacturer, auto maker, automaker]
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baker
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n 1: someone who bakes commercially
2: someone who bakes bread or cake [syn: baker, bread maker]
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bellyacher
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n 1: a person given to excessive complaints and crying and
whining [syn: whiner, complainer, moaner,
sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler,
squawker]
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boneshaker
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n 1: any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable;
"that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker"
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breaker
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n 1: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone [syn:
breaker, ledgeman]
2: waves breaking on the shore [syn: surf, breaker,
breakers]
3: a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when
overloaded [syn: circuit breaker, breaker]
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cabinetmaker
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n 1: a woodworker who specializes in making furniture [syn:
cabinetmaker, furniture maker]
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caretaker
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n 1: a custodian who is hired to take care of something
(property or a person)
2: an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily;
"he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be
elected"
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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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dressmaker
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n 1: someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker,
modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress]
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faker
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n 1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter,
impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham,
shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
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filmmaker
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n 1: a producer of motion pictures [syn: film maker,
filmmaker, film producer, movie maker]
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glassmaker
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n 1: someone who makes glass
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haymaker
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n 1: a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even
drying [syn: haymaker, hay conditioner]
2: a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue
boxing [syn: haymaker, knockout punch, KO punch,
Sunday punch]
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holidaymaker
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n 1: someone who travels for pleasure [syn: tourist, tourer,
holidaymaker]
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homemaker
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n 1: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the
family income [syn: housewife, homemaker, lady of the
house, woman of the house]
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housebreaker
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n 1: a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another
person's house [syn: housebreaker, cat burglar]
2: a wrecker of houses; "in England a housewrecker is called a
housebreaker" [syn: housewrecker, housebreaker]
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icebreaker
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n 1: a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep
channels open for navigation [syn: icebreaker, iceboat]
2: a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere; "he
told jokes as an icebreaker"
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jawbreaker
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n 1: a large round hard candy
2: a word that is hard to pronounce
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kingmaker
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n 1: English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought
first for the house of York and secured the throne for
Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of
Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)
[syn: Warwick, Earl of Warwick, Richard Neville,
Kingmaker]
2: an important person who can bring leaders to power through
the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was
the first kingmaker"
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lawmaker
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n 1: a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws [syn:
lawgiver, lawmaker]
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maker
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n 1: a person who makes things [syn: maker, shaper]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
3: a business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn:
manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business]
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matchmaker
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n 1: someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for
others [syn: matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker]
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merrymaker
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n 1: a celebrant who shares in a noisy party; "the clubs attract
revelers as young as thirteen" [syn: reveler, reveller,
merrymaker]
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mischief
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n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making,
mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment,
rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
2: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn:
maleficence, mischief, balefulness] [ant:
beneficence]
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moneymaker
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n 1: someone who is successful in accumulating wealth
2: a project that generates a continuous flow of money [syn:
moneymaker, money-spinner, cash cow]
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muckraker
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n 1: one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another
(usually for political advantage) [syn: muckraker,
mudslinger]
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nacre
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n 1: the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell [syn:
mother-of-pearl, nacre]
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noisemaker
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n 1: a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a
loud noise at a celebration
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pacemaker
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n 1: a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a
pacesetter in community relations" [syn: pacesetter,
pacemaker]
2: a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat
[syn: pacemaker, cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node,
SA node]
3: an implanted electronic device that takes over the function
of the natural cardiac pacemaker [syn: pacemaker,
artificial pacemaker]
4: a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: pacer,
pacemaker, pacesetter]
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partaker
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n 1: someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
[syn: partaker, sharer]
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peacemaker
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n 1: someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator,
make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler]
2: a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds
per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and
the Korean War [syn: Browning machine gun, Peacemaker]
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printmaker
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n 1: an artist who designs and makes prints [syn: printmaker,
graphic artist]
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Quaker
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n 1: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by
George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves
Quakers) [syn: Friend, Quaker]
2: one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear [syn:
quaker, trembler]
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rainmaker
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n 1: executive who is very successful in bringing in business to
his company or firm
2: American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain
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saltshaker
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n 1: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt [syn:
saltshaker, salt shaker]
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shaker
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n 1: a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of
traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business
world" [syn: shaker, mover and shaker]
2: a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal
living and common possession of property and separation from
the world
3: a container in which something can be shaken
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shoemaker
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n 1: a person who makes or repairs shoes [syn: cobbler,
shoemaker]
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taker
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n 1: one who accepts an offer
2: one who takes a bet or wager
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tiebreaker
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n 1: overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and
soccer
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toolmaker
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n 1: someone skilled in making or repairing tools
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troublemaker
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n 1: someone who deliberately stirs up trouble [syn:
troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-
maker, bad hat]
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watchmaker
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n 1: someone who makes or repairs watches [syn: watchmaker,
horologist, horologer]
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wiseacre
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n 1: an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
[syn: wise guy, smart aleck, wiseacre, wisenheimer,
weisenheimer]
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wanamaker
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n 1: United States businessman whose business grew into one of
the first department stores (1838-1922) [syn: Wanamaker,
John Wanamaker]
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cloaca
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n 1: (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most
fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the
digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and
urinary tracts open
2: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn:
sewer, sewerage, cloaca]
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jamaica
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n 1: a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of
England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is
tourism
2: an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the
west of Haiti
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heartbreaker
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n 1: a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional
relationships
2: a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute
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sailmaker
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n 1: a maker of sails
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boilermaker
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papermaker
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raker
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bakker
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staker
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achor
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laker
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saker
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drugmaker
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toymaker
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studebaker
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zuleika
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naker
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bedmaker
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conacre
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gunmaker
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lacemaker
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stavesacre
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curr
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