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backslider
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n 1: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of
behavior [syn: recidivist, backslider, reversionist]
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biter
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n 1: someone who bites
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cider
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n 1: a beverage made from juice pressed from apples [syn:
cider, cyder]
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divider
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n 1: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on
the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn:
splitter, divider] [ant: lumper]
2: a person who separates something into parts or groups
3: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
divides one room from another) [syn: partition, divider]
4: a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for
dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring
measurements
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eider
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n 1: duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine
soft down of the females [syn: eider, eider duck]
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glider
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n 1: aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air
against its surfaces [syn: glider, sailplane]
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insider
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n 1: an officer of a corporation or others who have access to
private information about the corporation's operations
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outsider
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n 1: someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
[syn: foreigner, outsider]
2: a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good
chance to win
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provider
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n 1: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or
commodity [syn: supplier, provider]
2: someone who provides the means for subsistence
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rider
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n 1: a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or
camel)
2: a clause that is appended to a legislative bill
3: a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or
motorcycle)
4: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane
or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: passenger,
rider]
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slider
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n 1: a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
[syn: skidder, slider, slipper]
2: someone who races the luge [syn: luger, slider]
3: freshwater turtle of United States and South America;
frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets [syn:
slider, yellow-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys scripta]
4: a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which
it was thrown
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spider
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n 1: predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two
feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back
end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or
traps for prey
2: a computer program that prowls the internet looking for
publicly accessible resources that can be added to a
database; the database can then be searched with a search
engine [syn: spider, wanderer]
3: a skillet made of cast iron
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strider
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n 1: a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a
strider that she couldn't keep up without running"
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stridor
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n 1: a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on
inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or
larynx
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collider
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n 1: an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced
to collide head on
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saida
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n 1: the main city of ancient Phoenicia [syn: Sayda, Saida,
Sidon]
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ida
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n 1: an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World
Bank [syn: International Development Association, IDA]
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haida
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n 1: a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who
lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and
southwestern Alaska
2: the Na-Dene language of the Haida
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oneida
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n 1: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of
Lake Ontario
2: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida
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biker
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brighter
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confider
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decider
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guider
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hider
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snider
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chider
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schneider
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crider
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cryder
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frieder
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greider
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grider
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gryder
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kreider
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krider
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kryder
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ryder
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schmieder
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schnider
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schnieder
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schnyder
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shrider
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sider
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sneider
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snyder
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offsider
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overrider
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