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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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breadwinner
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n 1: one whose earnings are the primary source of support for
their dependents
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dimmer
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n 1: a rheostat that varies the current through an electric
light in order to control the level of illumination
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glimmer
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n 1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn:
gleam, gleaming, glimmer]
2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no
inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling,
intimation, glimmering, glimmer]
v 1: shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam,
glimmer]
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inner
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adj 1: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a
bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard
Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life,
but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David
Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"-
A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal]
2: located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner
room" [ant: outer(a)]
3: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the
internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate
structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate]
4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge";
"inside information"; "privileged information" [syn:
inside, inner, privileged]
5: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence;
"inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of
government"
6: inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
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linger
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v 1: remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her
perfume lingered on"
2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the
department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag,
loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry,
linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]
3: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
4: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger, dawdle]
[ant: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along,
hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush,
rush along, speed, step on it]
5: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
[syn: hover, linger]
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ringer
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n 1: a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the
congregation) [syn: toller, bell ringer, ringer]
2: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer,
dead ringer, clone]
3: a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
4: (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so
as to encircle a stake or peg
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singer
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n 1: a person who sings [syn: singer, vocalist, vocalizer,
vocaliser]
2: United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing
machine (1811-1875) [syn: Singer, Isaac M. Singer, Isaac
Merrit Singer]
3: United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and
novels (1904-1991) [syn: Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer]
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sinner
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n 1: a person who sins (without repenting) [syn: sinner,
evildoer]
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spinner
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n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn:
spinner, spinster, thread maker]
2: board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow
that is spun to determine the next move in the game
3: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
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stinger
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n 1: a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
2: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of
all" [syn: stinger, cut]
3: a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using
infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder
4: a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray
or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
5: a sharp stinging blow
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stringer
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n 1: a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a
second stringer"
2: a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads"
3: brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a
fuselage or hull
4: a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
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swinger
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n 1: someone who swings sports implements
2: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn:
swinger, tramp]
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winger
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n 1: (sports) player in wing position
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wringer
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n 1: a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the
wet clothes are squeezed
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zinger
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n 1: a striking or amusing or caustic remark; "he always greeted
me with a new zinger"; "she tried to think of some killer
of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all
opposition"
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berliner
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n 1: an inhabitant of Berlin
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binger
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n 1: someone addicted to crack cocaine [syn: crack addict,
binger]
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inger
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n 1: a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the
Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built [syn:
Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman]
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springer
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n 1: the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs [syn:
springer, impost]
2: a cow about to give birth [syn: springer, springing cow]
3: a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver
and white [syn: springer spaniel, springer]
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slinger
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n 1: a person who uses a sling to throw something
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bringer
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flinger
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grimmer
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clinger
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dinger
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minger
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schwinger
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klinger
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