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adman
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n 1: someone whose business is advertising [syn: advertiser,
advertizer, adman]
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agnomen
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n 1: an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in
`Ferdinand the Great')
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amen
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n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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anchorman
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n 1: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which
several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor,
anchorman, anchorperson]
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bagman
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n 1: a salesman who travels to call on customers [syn:
traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial
traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman]
2: a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
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batman
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n 1: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
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bogeyman
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n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn:
bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger]
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businessman
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n 1: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business
(especially an owner or executive) [syn: businessman,
man of affairs]
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businessmen
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n 1: the body of individuals who manage businesses [syn:
businessmen, business community]
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cameraman
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n 1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn:
cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer]
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catechumen
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n 1: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity
by a catechist [syn: catechumen, neophyte]
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chessman
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n 1: any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the
game of chess [syn: chessman, chess piece]
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cognomen
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n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of
a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his
nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname
was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen,
sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]
2: the name used to identify the members of a family (as
distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname,
family name, cognomen, last name]
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earthman
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n 1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling,
earthman, worldling]
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foramen
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n 1: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a
membranous structure [syn: foramen, hiatus]
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hangman
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n 1: an executioner who hangs the condemned person
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hymen
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage
2: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the
vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal
membrane]
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iceman
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n 1: someone who cuts and delivers ice
2: a professional killer [syn: hatchet man, iceman]
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lawman
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n 1: an officer of the law [syn: lawman, law officer, peace
officer]
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lumen
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n 1: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given
out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source
of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all
directions [syn: lumen, lm]
2: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the
intestine"
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mailman
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n 1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman,
mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
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newsman
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n 1: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
[syn: reporter, newsman, newsperson]
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packman
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n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the
streets or at carnivals) [syn: peddler, pedlar,
packman, hawker, pitchman]
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pressman
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n 1: someone whose occupation is printing [syn: printer,
pressman]
2: a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers
or broadcast media [syn: correspondent, newspaperman,
newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman]
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regimen
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n 1: (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including
diet) [syn: regimen, regime]
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sandman
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n 1: an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's
eyes to make them sleepy
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snowman
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n 1: a figure of a person made of packed snow
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spaceman
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n 1: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians
called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut,
spaceman, cosmonaut]
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stamen
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n 1: the male reproductive organ of a flower
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strongman
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n 1: a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus
2: a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of
force or violence; "he is determined to bring down the Iraqi
strongman"
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unman
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v 1: cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
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yardman
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n 1: worker in a railway yard
2: a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
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limen
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n 1: the smallest detectable sensation [syn: threshold,
limen]
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flamen
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n 1: a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
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praenomen
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n 1: the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
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cerumen
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n 1: a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal [syn:
cerumen, earwax]
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examen
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n 1: a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by
Jesuits) [syn: examen, examination]
2: a critical study (as of a writer's work)
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bogeymen
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cameramen
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cavemen
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chessmen
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committeemen
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dairymen
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deliverymen
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earthmen
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firemen
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flagman
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freedmen
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gagmen
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gunmen
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handymen
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hangmen
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headmen
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jazzmen
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lawmen
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legman
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lumbermen
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mailmen
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mermen
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middlemen
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milkmen
0
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minutemen
0
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motormen
0
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newsmen
0
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newspapermen
0
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oilmen
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patrolmen
0
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pressmen
0
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repairmen
0
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selectmen
0
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sideman
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sidemen
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snowmen
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stablemen
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trackman
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trainmen
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wingmen
0
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wiremen
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nomen
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anchormen
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gravamen
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admen
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gateman
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hagmann
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weathermen
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stuntman
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carmen
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bagmen
0
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icemen
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nightmen
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norsemen
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spacemen
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strongmen
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topmen
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trackmen
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yardmen
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