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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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mustafa
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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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