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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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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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barter
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n 1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by
barter" [syn: barter, swap, swop, trade]
v 1: exchange goods without involving money
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barterer
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n 1: a trader who exchanges goods and not money
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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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darter
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n 1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long
flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn:
snakebird, anhinga, darter]
2: a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly;
"squirrels are darters"
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data
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n 1: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;
"statistical data" [syn: data, information]
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garter
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n 1: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a
stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn:
garter, supporter]
v 1: fasten with or as if with a garter
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martyr
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n 1: one who suffers for the sake of principle [syn: martyr,
sufferer]
2: one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing
to renounce their religion
v 1: kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"
2: torture and torment like a martyr [syn: martyr,
martyrize, martyrise]
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slaughter
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n 1: the killing of animals (as for food)
2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
3: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn:
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage,
butchery]
v 1: kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They
slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" [syn:
butcher, slaughter]
2: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus
massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: massacre,
slaughter, mow down]
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starter
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n 1: an electric motor for starting an engine [syn: starter,
starter motor, starting motor]
2: a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the
beginning
3: the official who signals the beginning of a race or
competition [syn: starter, dispatcher]
4: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer,
fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman,
newbie, entrant]
5: food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served
before a meal or as the first course) [syn: appetizer,
appetiser, starter]
6: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel
handle [syn: crank, starter]
7: a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start
the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or
cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter"
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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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thwarter
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n 1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that
others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor,
obstructer, resister, thwarter]
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tatar
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n 1: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who
invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar,
Mongol Tatar]
2: a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga
to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many
other groups)
3: the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga
to the Ural Mountains
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nonstarter
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n 1: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses
consistently [syn: failure, loser, nonstarter,
unsuccessful person] [ant: achiever, succeeder,
success, winner]
2: a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been
entered
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maratha
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n 1: a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra [syn:
Maratha, Mahratta]
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sartor
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n 1: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
[syn: tailor, seamster, sartor]
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darker
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rata
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smarter
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mcartor
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mccarter
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vanmarter
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arter
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harter
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hartter
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karter
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marter
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dartre
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protomartyr
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