anise | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise seed, aniseed |
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(noun) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery | Synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum |
aniseed | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise, anise seed |
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aniseikonia | (noun) visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes | - |
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anisette | (noun) liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | Synonyms: anisette de Bordeaux |
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benniseed | (noun) small oval seeds of the sesame plant | Synonyms: sesame seed |
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coloniser | (noun) someone who helps to found a colony | Synonyms: colonizer |
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galvaniser | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvanizer, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvanizer |
harmoniser | (noun) a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | Synonyms: harmonizer |
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(noun) a musician who sings or plays in harmony | Synonyms: harmonizer |
organiser | (noun) a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | Synonyms: organizer, PDA, personal digital assistant, personal organiser, personal organizer |
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(noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: arranger, organizer |
(noun) someone who enlists workers to join a union | Synonyms: labor organizer, organizer |
scrutiniser | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutinizer |
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sermoniser | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher, preacher man, sermonizer |
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synchroniser | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchronizer, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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vulcaniser | (noun) a device used for the vulcanization of rubber. | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
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(noun) someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
womaniser | (noun) a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them | Synonyms: philanderer, womanizer |
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