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apocrypha
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n 1: 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate
(except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant
versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except
the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the
Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely
inspired but does not grant them the same status
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aquifer
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n 1: underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells
and springs etc
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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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bibliographer
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n 1: someone trained in compiling bibliographies
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biographer
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n 1: someone who writes an account of a person's life
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calligrapher
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n 1: someone skilled in penmanship [syn: calligrapher,
calligraphist]
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cartographer
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n 1: a person who makes maps [syn: cartographer, map maker]
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chaffer
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v 1: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle,
chaffer, huckster]
2: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
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choreographer
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n 1: someone who creates new dances
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cinematographer
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n 1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn:
cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer]
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conifer
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n 1: any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones [syn:
conifer, coniferous tree]
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cosmographer
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n 1: a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography [syn:
cosmographer, cosmographist]
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crucifer
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n 1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae [syn:
crucifer, cruciferous plant]
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cryptographer
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n 1: decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
[syn: cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist]
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crystallographer
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n 1: a specialist in crystallography
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demographer
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n 1: a scientist who studies the growth and density of
populations and their vital statistics [syn: demographer,
demographist, population scientist]
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ethnographer
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n 1: an anthropologist who does ethnography
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foraminifer
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n 1: marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with
openings where pseudopods protrude [syn: foram,
foraminifer]
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gaffer
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n 1: an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer,
old geezer, antique]
2: an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
3: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to
leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman,
chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
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geographer
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n 1: an expert on geography
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hagiographer
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n 1: the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography [syn:
hagiographer, hagiographist, hagiologist]
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historiographer
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n 1: a person who is an authority on history and who studies it
and writes about it [syn: historian, historiographer]
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lexicographer
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n 1: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the
lexical component of language [syn: lexicographer,
lexicologist]
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lithographer
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n 1: a printmaker who uses lithography
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metaphor
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n 1: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer
to something that it does not literally denote in order to
suggest a similarity
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oceanographer
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n 1: a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of
the seas
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photographer
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n 1: someone who takes photographs professionally [syn:
photographer, lensman]
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pornographer
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n 1: someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures
that are sexually explicit in violation of the community
mores [syn: pornographer, porn merchant]
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rotifer
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n 1: minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated
wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents
of freshwater plankton
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stenographer
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n 1: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially
dictation) [syn: stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand
typist]
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telegrapher
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n 1: someone who transmits messages by telegraph [syn:
telegrapher, telegraphist, telegraph operator]
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typographer
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n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor,
typesetter, setter, typographer]
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staffer
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n 1: an employee who is a member of a staff of workers
(especially a member of the staff that works for the
President of the United States) [syn: staff member,
staffer]
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staffa
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n 1: an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the
west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave
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luftwaffe
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n 1: the German airforce [syn: Luftwaffe, German Luftwaffe]
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jaffa
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n 1: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated
into Tel Aviv in 1950 [syn: Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo]
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christopher
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n 1: Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd
century) [syn: Christopher, Saint Christopher, St.
Christopher]
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hagiographa
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n 1: the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures [syn:
Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings]
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kaffir
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n 1: important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem
form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged
leaves [syn: great millet, kaffir, kafir corn,
kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor]
2: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn:
kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre]
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kafir
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n 1: an offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn:
kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre]
2: a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan
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lucifer
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n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of
evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of
Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer,
Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
2: a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the
eastern sky [syn: morning star, daystar, Phosphorus,
Lucifer]
3: lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard
tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he
always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a
lucifer to light your fag" [syn: match, lucifer,
friction match]
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ah
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cardiographer
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chirographer
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discographer
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hydrographer
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iconographer
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seismographer
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topographer
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ahh
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boffa
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moffa
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shaffer
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jennifer
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hymnographer
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logographer
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monographer
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mythographer
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orthographer
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