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balata
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n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
[syn: balata, gutta balata]
2: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red
timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully
tree, Manilkara bidentata]
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beater
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n 1: a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
2: an implement for beating
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capacitor
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n 1: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store
an electric charge [syn: capacitor, capacitance,
condenser, electrical condenser]
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catheter
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n 1: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit
introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the
passageway open
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cheater
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n 1: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster,
beguiler, slicker]
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coadjutor
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n 1: an assistant to a bishop
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comforter
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n 1: commiserates with someone who has had misfortune [syn:
sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter]
2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms
and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
[syn: reliever, allayer, comforter]
3: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort,
puff]
4: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn:
comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring]
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compositor
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n 1: one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor,
typesetter, setter, typographer]
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conservator
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n 1: the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
[syn: curator, conservator]
2: someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the
interests of a minor or incompetent person
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conspirator
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n 1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator,
coconspirator, plotter, machinator]
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contributor
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n 1: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum
of money [syn: subscriber, contributor]
2: a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine
or as part of a book
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depositor
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n 1: a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar
institution
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distributor
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n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributor,
distributer]
2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
[syn: allocator, distributor]
3: a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large
distributor of software products"
4: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs
of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
[syn: distributor, distributer, electrical distributor]
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executor
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n 1: a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of
the will
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expositor
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n 1: a person who explains [syn: expositor, expounder]
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heritor
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n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will
to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor,
heritor]
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idolater
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n 1: a person who worships idols [syn: idolater, idolizer,
idoliser, idol worshiper]
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inheritor
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n 1: a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will
to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor,
heritor]
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inquisitor
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n 1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: inquisitor,
interrogator]
2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
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interlocutor
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n 1: the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages
the others in talk [syn: interlocutor, middleman]
2: a person who takes part in a conversation [syn:
interlocutor, conversational partner]
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interpreter
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n 1: someone who mediates between speakers of different
languages [syn: interpreter, translator]
2: someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings
reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as
an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
3: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major
organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter,
representative, voice]
4: (computer science) a program that translates and executes
source language statements one line at a time [syn:
interpreter, interpretive program]
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janitor
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n 1: someone employed to clean and maintain a building
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monitor
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n 1: someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor,
monitor]
2: someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
[syn: admonisher, monitor, reminder]
3: an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with
the Merrimac
4: display produced by a device that takes signals and displays
them on a television screen or a computer monitor [syn:
monitor, monitoring device]
5: electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or
content of electronic transmissions
6: a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the
operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
7: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa
and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn:
monitor, monitor lizard, varan]
v 1: keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we
are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the
suspect's moves" [syn: monitor, supervise]
2: check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
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orator
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n 1: a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator,
speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker,
speechifier]
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ovipositor
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n 1: egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in
many female insects and some fishes
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pita
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n 1: usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for
filling [syn: pita, pocket bread]
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praetor
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n 1: an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman
Republic [syn: praetor, pretor]
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primogenitor
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n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor,
primogenitor]
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progenitor
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n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor,
primogenitor]
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repeater
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n 1: a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of
repeaters who had seen the movie many times"
2: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior
(especially for the same criminal behavior) [syn:
recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal]
3: a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
[syn: repeating firearm, repeater]
4: (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal
before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in
computer networks to extend cabling distances"
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riveter
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n 1: a worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter,
rivetter]
2: a machine for driving rivets [syn: riveting machine,
riveter, rivetter]
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saltpetre
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n 1: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn:
potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter,
nitre]
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secretor
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n 1: any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by
the body and release it through ducts or directly into the
bloodstream [syn: gland, secretory organ, secretor,
secreter]
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senator
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n 1: a member of a senate
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senorita
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n 1: a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an
unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss'
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servitor
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n 1: someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone
else
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solicitor
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n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
[syn: solicitor, canvasser]
2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal
documents
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stigmata
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n 1: marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
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taffeta
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n 1: a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
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taximeter
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n 1: a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the
length of the ride)
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teeter
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n 1: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum;
the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
[syn: seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter,
teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board]
v 1: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: teeter,
seesaw, totter]
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telemeter
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n 1: any scientific instrument for observing events at a
distance and transmitting the information back to the
observer
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theta
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n 1: the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
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tweeter
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n 1: a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency
sounds; "the sound system had both tweeters and woofers"
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visitor
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n 1: someone who visits [syn: visitor, visitant]
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voltmeter
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n 1: meter that measures the potential difference between two
points
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wattmeter
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n 1: an instrument for measuring in watts the flow of power in
an electrical circuit
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windcheater
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n 1: a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
[syn: parka, windbreaker, windcheater, anorak]
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zeta
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n 1: the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
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treater
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n 1: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to
reach a settlement) [syn: negotiator, negotiant,
treater]
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mahabharata
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n 1: (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in
many episodes with the struggle between two rival families
[syn: Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum]
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sagitta
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n 1: a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between
Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way
2: any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
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masseter
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n 1: a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in
chewing
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ureter
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n 1: either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine
from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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banqueter
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bibliolater
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collocutor
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comparator
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elicitor
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ferreter
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forfeiter
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prolocutor
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sequitur
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vita
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akita
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lysistrata
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exeter
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