garmentmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: dressmaker, garment-worker, garment worker |
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gawker | (noun) a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness | - |
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gimcrackery | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery |
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glassmaker | (noun) someone who makes glass | - |
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glassworker | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier |
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goatsucker | (noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | Synonyms: caprimulgid, nightjar |
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goldworker | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldsmith |
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groundbreaker | (noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | Synonyms: innovator, pioneer, trailblazer |
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guestworker | (noun) a person with temporary permission to work in another country | Synonyms: guest worker |
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hacker | (noun) one who works hard at boring tasks | Synonyms: drudge, hack |
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(noun) a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm | - |
(noun) someone who plays golf poorly | - |
handkerchief | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: hankey, hankie, hanky |
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hankering | (noun) a yearning for something or to do something | Synonyms: yen |
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hatmaker | (noun) someone who makes and sells hats | Synonyms: hatter, milliner, modiste |
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hawker | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman |
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(noun) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | Synonyms: falconer |
haymaker | (noun) a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing | Synonyms: knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch |
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(noun) a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying | Synonyms: hay conditioner |
heartbreaker | (noun) a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute | - |
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(noun) a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships | - |
highjacker | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highwayman, hijacker, road agent |
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(noun) someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination | Synonyms: hijacker |
hijacker | (noun) a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | Synonyms: highjacker, highwayman, road agent |
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(noun) someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination | Synonyms: highjacker |
hiker | (noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | Synonyms: tramp, tramper |
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hitchhiker | (noun) a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles | - |
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hogchoker | (noun) useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama | Synonyms: Trinectes maculatus |
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holidaymaker | (noun) someone who travels for pleasure | Synonyms: tourer, tourist |
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homemaker | (noun) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | Synonyms: housewife, lady of the house, woman of the house |
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honeysucker | (noun) Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar | Synonyms: honey eater |
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honker | (noun) common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call | Synonyms: Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose |
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(noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout |
(noun) a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound | - |
hooker | (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker |
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(noun) (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot | - |
(noun) a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers) | - |
housebreaker | (noun) a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house | Synonyms: cat burglar |
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(noun) a wrecker of houses | Synonyms: housewrecker |
housewrecker | (noun) a wrecker of houses | Synonyms: housebreaker |
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icebreaker | (noun) a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere | - |
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(noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: iceboat |
iridokeratitis | (noun) inflammation of the iris and cornea of the eye | - |
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ironworker | (noun) a person who makes articles of iron | - |
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jawbreaker | (noun) a word that is hard to pronounce | - |
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(noun) a large round hard candy | - |
jaywalker | (noun) a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally | - |
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jerker | (noun) someone who gives a strong sudden pull | Synonyms: yanker |
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joker | (noun) a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester | - |
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(noun) an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent | - |
(noun) a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes | Synonyms: jokester |
(noun) a person who does something thoughtless or annoying | Synonyms: turkey |
keratalgia | (noun) pain in the cornea | - |
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keratectasia | (noun) abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye | - |
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keratin | (noun) a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves | Synonyms: ceratin |
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keratinisation | (noun) organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair) | Synonyms: keratinization |
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keratinization | (noun) organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair) | Synonyms: keratinisation |
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keratitis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision | - |
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keratoacanthoma | (noun) skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar | - |
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keratocele | (noun) hernia of the cornea | - |
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keratoconjunctivitis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva | - |
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keratoconus | (noun) abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia | - |
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keratoderma | (noun) any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny | Synonyms: keratodermia |
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keratodermia | (noun) any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny | Synonyms: keratoderma |
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keratohyalin | (noun) hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum | - |
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keratoiritis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and the iris of the eye | - |
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keratomalacia | (noun) softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue | - |
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keratomycosis | (noun) fungal infection of the cornea | - |
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keratonosis | (noun) any abnormal condition of the outer skin (epidermis) | - |
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keratonosus | (noun) any disease of the cornea | - |
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keratoplasty | (noun) a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor | Synonyms: corneal graft, corneal transplant |
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keratoscleritis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and sclera of the eye | - |
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keratoscope | (noun) medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface | - |
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keratoscopy | (noun) examination of the cornea with a keratoscope to detect irregularities in its anterior surface | - |
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keratosis | (noun) a skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin | - |
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keratotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the cornea | - |
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kerb | (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curb, curbing |
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kerbstone | (noun) a paving stone forming part of a curb | Synonyms: curbstone |
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kerchief | (noun) a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck | - |
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kerfuffle | (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, to-do |
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kerion | (noun) ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard that usually results in a swelling that is covered with pustules and oozes fluid | - |
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kerite | (noun) a compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber. | - |
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kern | (noun) the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body | - |
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kernel | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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(noun) a single whole grain of a cereal | - |
(noun) the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone | Synonyms: meat |
kernicterus | (noun) an abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage | - |
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kernite | (noun) a light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form; an important source of boron | - |
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kerosene | (noun) a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters | Synonyms: coal oil, kerosine, lamp oil |
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kerosine | (noun) a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters | Synonyms: coal oil, kerosene, lamp oil |
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kerugma | (noun) preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church | Synonyms: kerygma |
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kerygma | (noun) preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church | Synonyms: kerugma |
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kicker | (noun) a player who kicks the football | - |
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kingmaker | (noun) an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence | - |
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knacker | (noun) someone who buys up old horses for slaughter | - |
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(noun) someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them | - |
knickerbockers | (noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickers |
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knickers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, drawers, pants |
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(noun) (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | Synonyms: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers |
knickknackery | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, whatnot |
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knobkerrie | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerry |
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knobkerry | (noun) a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa | Synonyms: knobkerrie |
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knocker | (noun) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | Synonyms: doorknocker, rapper |
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(noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, tit, titty |
(noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: depreciator, detractor, disparager |
(noun) a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) | - |
(noun) (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person | - |
lawbreaker | (noun) someone who violates the law | Synonyms: law offender, violator |
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lawmaker | (noun) a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | Synonyms: lawgiver |
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leaker | (noun) a surreptitious informant | - |
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linebacker | (noun) (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage | Synonyms: line backer |
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(noun) a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen | Synonyms: line backer |
locker | (noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | Synonyms: cabinet, storage locker |
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(noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: footlocker |
(noun) a fastener that locks or closes | - |
looker | (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
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(noun) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | Synonyms: spectator, viewer, watcher, witness |
loudspeaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker system, speaker, speaker system, speaker unit |
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lumpsucker | (noun) any of several very small lumpfishes | - |
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lurker | (noun) someone waiting in concealment | Synonyms: lurcher, skulker |
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mackerel | (noun) any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | - |
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(noun) flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish | - |
maker | (noun) a business engaged in manufacturing some product | Synonyms: manufacturer, manufacturing business |
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(noun) a person who makes things | Synonyms: shaper |
makeready | (noun) final preparation and adjustments | - |
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marker | (noun) some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something | - |
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(noun) a writing implement for making a mark | - |
(noun) a distinguishing symbol | Synonyms: mark, marking |
masker | (noun) a participant in a masquerade | Synonyms: masquer, masquerader |
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matchmaker | (noun) someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others | Synonyms: marriage broker, matcher |
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merrymaker | (noun) a celebrant who shares in a noisy party | Synonyms: reveler, reveller |
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metalworker | (noun) someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) | Synonyms: smith |
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middlebreaker | (noun) moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow | Synonyms: lister, lister plough, lister plow, middle buster |
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