abseiler | (noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point | Synonyms: rappeller |
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accelerando | (noun) a gradually increasing tempo of music | - |
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acceleration | (noun) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | Synonyms: quickening, speedup |
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(noun) an increase in rate of change | - |
(noun) (physics) a rate of increase of velocity | - |
accelerator | (noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine | Synonyms: throttle, throttle valve |
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(noun) a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles | Synonyms: atom smasher, particle accelerator |
(noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve | Synonyms: accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle |
(noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | Synonyms: catalyst |
accelerometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets | - |
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aileron | (noun) an airfoil that controls lateral motion | - |
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airmailer | (noun) a mailer for airmail | - |
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alert | (noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alerting |
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(noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | Synonyms: alarm, alarum, warning signal |
(noun) condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action | Synonyms: qui vive |
alerting | (noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | Synonyms: alert |
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(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alertness |
alertness | (noun) lively attentiveness | Synonyms: on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness |
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(noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness |
(noun) a state of readiness to respond | Synonyms: alerting |
alfileria | (noun) European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage | Synonyms: alfilaria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
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allergen | (noun) any substance that can cause an allergy | - |
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allergist | (noun) a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies | - |
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allergology | (noun) the branch of medical science that studies the causes and treatment of allergies | - |
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allergy | (noun) hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity | Synonyms: allergic reaction |
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ambler | (noun) someone who walks at a leisurely pace | Synonyms: saunterer, stroller |
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angler | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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(noun) a fisherman who uses a hook and line | Synonyms: troller |
(noun) a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage | - |
anglerfish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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antler | (noun) deciduous horn of a member of the deer family | - |
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arteriolosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterioles | - |
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arteriosclerosis | (noun) sclerosis of the arterial walls | Synonyms: arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries |
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artillery | (noun) large but transportable armament | Synonyms: gun, heavy weapon, ordnance |
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(noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: weapon |
(noun) an army unit that uses big guns | Synonyms: artillery unit |
artilleryman | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner |
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assembler | (noun) a program to convert assembly language into machine language | Synonyms: assembly program |
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atherosclerosis | (noun) a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries | Synonyms: coronary artery disease |
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babbler | (noun) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae | Synonyms: cackler |
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(noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter |
ballerina | (noun) a female ballet dancer | Synonyms: danseuse |
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banderillero | (noun) the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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battler | (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper |
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bawler | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
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(noun) a loud weeper | - |
beguiler | (noun) a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) | Synonyms: charmer |
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(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
bestseller | (noun) a book that has had a large and rapid sale | Synonyms: best seller |
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bicycler | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicyclist, biker, cyclist, wheeler |
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blackmailer | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: extortioner, extortionist |
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boiler | (noun) sealed vessel where water is converted to steam | Synonyms: steam boiler |
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(noun) a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid | Synonyms: kettle |
boilerplate | (noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | - |
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(noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories | - |
boilersuit | (noun) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work | Synonyms: boilers suit, overall |
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bolero | (noun) a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets | - |
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(noun) a short jacket; worn mostly by women | - |
(noun) music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance | - |
bookdealer | (noun) a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books | Synonyms: book seller |
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bookseller | (noun) the proprietor of a bookstore | - |
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bottler | (noun) a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages | - |
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bowdlerisation | (noun) the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent | Synonyms: bowdlerization |
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(noun) written material that has been bowdlerized | Synonyms: bowdlerization |
bowdleriser | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdlerizer, expurgator |
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bowdlerization | (noun) the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent | Synonyms: bowdlerisation |
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(noun) written material that has been bowdlerized | Synonyms: bowdlerisation |
bowdlerizer | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdleriser, expurgator |
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bowler | (noun) a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim | Synonyms: bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat |
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(noun) a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins | - |
(noun) a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket | - |
brawler | (noun) a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls) | - |
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broiler | (noun) an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
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(noun) flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling | - |
bubbler | (noun) a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water | Synonyms: drinking fountain, water fountain |
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(noun) any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid | - |
buckler | (noun) armor carried on the arm to intercept blows | Synonyms: shield |
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buckminsterfullerene | (noun) a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene | Synonyms: buckyball |
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bugler | (noun) someone who plays a bugle | - |
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bumbler | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
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bungler | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
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butler | (noun) a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table | Synonyms: pantryman |
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cackler | (noun) a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk | - |
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(noun) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae | Synonyms: babbler |
cajolery | (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: blandishment, palaver |
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caller | (noun) a social or business visitor | Synonyms: company |
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(noun) the person initiating a telephone call | Synonyms: caller-up, phoner, telephoner |
(noun) the person who convenes a meeting | - |
(noun) someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice | - |
(noun) a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance | Synonyms: caller-out |
(noun) the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands | - |
(noun) an investor who buys a call option | - |
caroler | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroller |
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caroller | (noun) a singer of carols | Synonyms: caroler |
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caviler | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviller, pettifogger, quibbler |
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caviller | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviler, pettifogger, quibbler |
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celeriac | (noun) thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant | Synonyms: celery root |
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(noun) grown for its thickened edible aromatic root | Synonyms: Apium graveolens rapaceum, celery root, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery |
celerity | (noun) a rate that is rapid | Synonyms: quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness |
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celery | (noun) stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning | - |
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(noun) widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked | Synonyms: Apium graveolens dulce, cultivated celery |
chancellery | (noun) a government building housing the office of a chancellor | - |
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chandler | (noun) a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints | - |
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(noun) a retail dealer in provisions and supplies | - |
chandlery | (noun) a storeroom where candles are kept | - |
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(noun) candles and other commodities sold by a chandler | - |
chiller | (noun) excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones | Synonyms: hair-raiser |
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chiseler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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chiseller | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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choler | (noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger | Synonyms: yellow bile |
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(noun) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | Synonyms: anger, ire |
(noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
cholera | (noun) an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food | Synonyms: Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera |
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chronicler | (noun) someone who writes chronicles | - |
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clerestory | (noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light | Synonyms: clearstory |
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clergy | (noun) in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) | - |
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clergyman | (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: man of the cloth, reverend |
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cleric | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, divine, ecclesiastic |
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clericalism | (noun) a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters | - |
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clericalist | (noun) one who advocates clericalism | - |
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clericalization | (noun) The process of increasing the power or influence of a religious hierarchy. | - |
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clerid | (noun) predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic | Synonyms: clerid beetle |
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clerihew | (noun) a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person | - |
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clerisy | (noun) an educated and intellectual elite | Synonyms: intelligentsia |
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clerk | (noun) an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) | - |
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(noun) a salesperson in a store | Synonyms: salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk |
clerking | (noun) the activity of recording business transactions | Synonyms: bookkeeping |
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clerkship | (noun) the job of clerk | - |
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cobbler | (noun) a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit | Synonyms: deep-dish pie |
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(noun) tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit | - |
(noun) a person who makes or repairs shoes | Synonyms: shoemaker |
cobblers | (noun) a man's testicles | - |
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(noun) nonsense | - |
coddler | (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: mollycoddler, pamperer, spoiler |
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compiler | (noun) (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program | Synonyms: compiling program |
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(noun) a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) | - |
comptroller | (noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts | Synonyms: accountant, controller |
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comptrollership | (noun) the position of comptroller | - |
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controller | (noun) a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | Synonyms: control |
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(noun) someone who maintains and audits business accounts | Synonyms: accountant, comptroller |
(noun) a person who directs and restrains | Synonyms: restrainer |
controllership | (noun) the position of controller | - |
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cooler | (noun) a refrigerator for cooling liquids | Synonyms: ice chest |
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(noun) a cell for violent prisoners | Synonyms: tank |
(noun) an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice | - |
coupler | (noun) a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects | Synonyms: coupling |
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crawler | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, lackey, sycophant, toady |
(noun) a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | Synonyms: creeper |
crinkleroot | (noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots | Synonyms: Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort |
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cruller | (noun) small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts | Synonyms: twister |
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