bewilderment | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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boatbuilder | (noun) a person who builds boats | - |
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bodybuilder | (noun) someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature | Synonyms: muscle-builder, muscle builder, musclebuilder, muscleman |
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builder | (noun) someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) | Synonyms: constructor |
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(noun) a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country | - |
(noun) a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action | Synonyms: detergent builder |
coachbuilder | (noun) a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles | - |
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gilder | (noun) someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt | - |
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guilder | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Dutch florin, florin, gulden |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: florin, gulden |
homebuilder | (noun) someone who builds houses as a business | Synonyms: home-builder, house-builder, housebuilder |
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housebuilder | (noun) someone who builds houses as a business | Synonyms: home-builder, homebuilder, house-builder |
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kildeer | (noun) American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry | Synonyms: Charadrius vociferus, killdeer, killdeer plover |
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kilderkin | (noun) an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons | - |
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mildew | (noun) a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter | - |
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(noun) the process of becoming mildewed | Synonyms: mold, mould |
musclebuilder | (noun) someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature | Synonyms: bodybuilder, muscle-builder, muscle builder, muscleman |
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shipbuilder | (noun) a business that builds and repairs ships | - |
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(noun) a person who builds ships as a business | Synonyms: ship builder |
(noun) a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels | Synonyms: ship builder, shipwright |
sildenafil | (noun) virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men | Synonyms: sildenafil citrate, Viagra |
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tilde | (noun) a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization | - |
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wildebeest | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: gnu |
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wilderness | (noun) a bewildering profusion | - |
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(noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | Synonyms: wild |
(noun) (politics) a state of disfavor | - |