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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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backslapper
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n 1: someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive
cordiality
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clapper
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n 1: someone who applauds [syn: clapper, applauder]
2: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane
and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue, lingua,
glossa, clapper]
3: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by
hitting the side [syn: clapper, tongue]
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crapper
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n 1: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
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dapper
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adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy,
snappy, spruce]
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flapper
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n 1: a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional
conduct and dress
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grappa
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n 1: Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing
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handicapper
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n 1: someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of
the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) [syn:
odds-maker, handicapper]
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kappa
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n 1: the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
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kidnapper
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n 1: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually
for ransom) [syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor,
snatcher]
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maker
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n 1: a person who makes things [syn: maker, shaper]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
3: a business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn:
manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business]
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mater
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n 1: an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes
used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
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rapper
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n 1: someone who performs rap music
2: a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge
to a door [syn: knocker, doorknocker, rapper]
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sapper
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n 1: a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines
2: a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or
undermining fortifications)
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scrapper
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n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
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slacker
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n 1: a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who
tries to evade military service in wartime) [syn:
slacker, shirker]
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smacker
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n 1: a loud kiss
2: a very powerful blow with the fist
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snapper
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n 1: (football) the person who plays center on the line of
scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the
center fumbled the handoff" [syn: center, snapper]
2: flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
3: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing
candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
[syn: cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon]
4: Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
[syn: snapper, Chrysophrys auratus]
5: any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport
fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal
waters
6: large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or
near water; prone to bite [syn: common snapping turtle,
snapper, Chelydra serpentina]
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trapper
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n 1: someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their
furs)
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whippersnapper
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n 1: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
[syn: whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight]
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wrapper
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n 1: a loose dressing gown for women [syn: negligee,
neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat]
2: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something
is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper]
3: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: wrap,
wrapper]
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mapper
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n 1: a clerk who marks data on a chart [syn: plotter,
mapper]
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slapper
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n 1: a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open
hand; "someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see
who the slapper was"; "my father was the designated spanker
in our family" [syn: slapper, spanker]
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tapper
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n 1: a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks [syn: tapster,
tapper]
2: a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually
repeatedly; "finger tappers irritated her"
3: a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
4: someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire [syn:
tapper, wiretapper, phone tapper]
5: a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the
toes and heels of the shoes [syn: tap dancer, tapper]
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napa
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n 1: plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves
resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia [syn:
Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, napa, pe-tsai,
Brassica rapa pekinensis]
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strapper
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n 1: a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a
man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he
got" [syn: bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson]
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tapa
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n 1: the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus
albidus [syn: tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark]
2: a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa
bark [syn: tapa, tappa]
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capper
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lapper
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napper
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wapper
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kapper
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kapur
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klapper
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knapper
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nappa
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zappa
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harappa
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schappe
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