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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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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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barkeeper
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n 1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
[syn: bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper,
mixologist]
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barker
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n 1: someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival)
and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
2: informal terms for dogs [syn: pooch, doggie, doggy,
barker, bow-wow]
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blocker
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n 1: a football player whose responsibility is to block players
attempting to stop an offensive play
2: a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
[syn: blocker, blocking agent]
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carter
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n 1: Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and
excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939) [syn:
Carter, Howard Carter]
2: 39th President of the United States (1924-) [syn: Carter,
Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr.,
President Carter]
3: someone whose work is driving carts
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charter
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n 1: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its
rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the
certificate of incorporation
2: a contract to hire or lease transportation
v 1: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and
services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
2: grant a charter to
3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we
take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire,
charter, engage, take]
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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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locker
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n 1: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it
has a lock [syn: cabinet, locker, storage locker]
2: a fastener that locks or closes
3: a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the
foot of a bed (as in a barracks) [syn: footlocker,
locker]
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marker
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n 1: some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark
something; "the buoys were markers for the channel"
2: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the
sheep" [syn: marker, marking, mark]
3: a writing implement for making a mark
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parker
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n 1: United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of
jazz (1920-1955) [syn: Parker, Charlie Parker,
Yardbird Parker, Bird Parker, Charles Christopher
Parker]
2: United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967)
[syn: Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Rothschild
Parker]
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stalker
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n 1: someone who walks with long stiff strides
2: someone who stalks game
3: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker]
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tartar
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n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: cream of
tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium
hydrogen tartrate]
2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon,
tartar]
3: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded
Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, Mongol
Tatar]
4: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn:
tartar, calculus, tophus]
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walker
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n 1: New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to
run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in
1952) [syn: Walker, John Walker]
2: United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: Walker, Alice
Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker]
3: a person who travels by foot [syn: pedestrian, walker,
footer]
4: a shoe designed for comfortable walking
5: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber
castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the
handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer,
Zimmer frame]
6: an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies
learn to walk [syn: walker, baby-walker, go-cart]
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paca
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n 1: large burrowing rodent of South America and Central
America; highly esteemed as food [syn: paca, Cuniculus
paca]
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lusaka
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Zambia [syn: Lusaka,
capital of Zambia]
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osaka
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n 1: port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and
industrial center of Japan
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markka
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n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Finland [syn: markka,
Finnish mark]
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oaxaca
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n 1: a city of southeastern Mexico [syn: Oaxaca, Oaxaca de
Juarez]
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sparker
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n 1: a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or
smokestack [syn: spark arrester, sparker]
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darker
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starker
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tarter
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shaka
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curr
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titicaca
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harker
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backmarker
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polacre
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tripitaka
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