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aggressor
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n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor,
assailant, assaulter]
2: a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
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assessor
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n 1: an official who evaluates property for the purpose of
taxing it [syn: tax assessor, assessor]
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compressor
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n 1: a mechanical device that compresses gasses
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confessor
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n 1: a priest who hears confession and gives absolution
2: someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to
themselves)
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depressor
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n 1: any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down [syn:
depressor, depressor muscle]
2: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone
of the body part it serves [syn: depressor, depressor
nerve]
3: a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
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dresser
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n 1: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of
drawers, chest, bureau, dresser]
2: a person who dresses in a particular way; "she's an elegant
dresser"; "he's a meticulous dresser"
3: a wardrobe assistant for an actor [syn: dresser, actor's
assistant]
4: low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while
dressing or applying makeup [syn: dressing table,
dresser, vanity, toilet table]
5: a cabinet with shelves
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guesser
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n 1: a person who guesses
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hairdresser
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n 1: someone who cuts or beautifies hair [syn: hairdresser,
hairstylist, stylist, styler]
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intercessor
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n 1: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties [syn:
mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary,
intercessor]
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lesser
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adj 1: of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the
lesser of two evils" [ant: greater]
2: smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of
Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
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microprocessor
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n 1: integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the
bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system;
"a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit
of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a
microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the
drive"
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multiprocessor
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n 1: a computer that uses two or more processing units under
integrated control
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oppressor
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n 1: a person of authority who subjects others to undue
pressures
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possessor
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n 1: a person who owns something; "they are searching for the
owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly
smile?" [syn: owner, possessor]
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predecessor
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n 1: one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or
office)
2: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
something or someone [syn: harbinger, forerunner,
predecessor, herald, precursor]
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processor
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n 1: a business engaged in processing agricultural products and
preparing them for market
2: someone who processes things (foods or photographs or
applicants etc.)
3: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor
chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the
memory form the central part of a computer to which the
peripherals are attached" [syn: central processing unit,
CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor,
mainframe]
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professor
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n 1: someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or
university [syn: professor, prof]
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repressor
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n 1: an agent that represses [syn: repressor, represser]
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stressor
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n 1: any agent that causes stress to an organism
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successor
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n 1: a person who follows next in order; "he was President
Lincoln's successor" [syn: successor, replacement]
2: a thing or person that immediately replaces something or
someone
3: a person who inherits some title or office [syn: successor,
heir]
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suppressor
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n 1: someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free
speech" [syn: suppressor, suppresser]
2: a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another
gene (especially of a mutant gene) [syn: suppressor,
suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene]
3: an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents [syn:
suppressor, suppresser]
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transgressor
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n 1: someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or
command; "the way of transgressors is hard"
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hesse
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n 1: Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems
express his interests in eastern spiritual values
(1877-1962) [syn: Hesse, Hermann Hesse]
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plessor
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n 1: (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in
percussive examinations of the chest and in testing
reflexes [syn: plexor, plessor, percussor]
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odessa
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n 1: a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black
Sea [syn: Odessa, Odesa]
2: a city in western Texas
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vanessa
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n 1: painted beauty and red admiral [syn: Vanessa, genus
Vanessa]
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addresser
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coprocessor
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digresses
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expresser
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presser
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cesser
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decompressor
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nessa
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tessa
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contessa
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edessa
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preprocessor
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