| chlortetracycline | (noun) a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases | Synonyms: Aureomycin |
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| comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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| (noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
| cortege | (noun) the group following and attending to some important person | Synonyms: entourage, retinue, suite |
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| (noun) a funeral procession | - |
| cortex | (noun) the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal | - |
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| (noun) the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium |
| (noun) the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus | Synonyms: lens cortex |
| deportee | (noun) a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | Synonyms: exile |
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| exporter | (noun) a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) | - |
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| forte | (noun) the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible | - |
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| (noun) an asset of special worth or utility | Synonyms: long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit |
| (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly | - |
| hortensia | (noun) deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue | Synonyms: Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis |
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| (noun) very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads | Synonyms: double gold, golden glow, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia |
| immortelle | (noun) mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere | Synonyms: Xeranthemum annuum |
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| importee | (noun) an imported person brought from a foreign country | Synonyms: import |
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| importer | (noun) someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) | - |
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| kicksorter | (noun) scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass | Synonyms: pulse height analyzer |
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| mailsorter | (noun) a sorter for sorting mail according to the address | - |
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| neocortex | (noun) the cortical part of the neencephalon | Synonyms: neopallium |
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| paleocortex | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: archipallium |
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| pianoforte | (noun) a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | Synonyms: forte-piano, piano |
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| portent | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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| porter | (noun) a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley | Synonyms: porter's beer |
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| (noun) a person employed to carry luggage and supplies | - |
| (noun) a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) | Synonyms: Pullman porter |
| (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary |
| porterage | (noun) the transportation of burdens by porters | - |
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| (noun) the charge for carrying burdens by porters | - |
| porterhouse | (noun) large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin | Synonyms: porterhouse steak |
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| postmortem | (noun) an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | Synonyms: autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem examination |
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| (noun) discussion of an event after it has occurred | Synonyms: post-mortem |
| ragsorter | (noun) a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking) | - |
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| rapporteur | (noun) a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings | - |
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| reporter | (noun) a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | Synonyms: newsperson |
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| shortener | (noun) any agent that shortens | - |
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| shortening | (noun) act of decreasing in length | - |
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| (noun) fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods | - |
| snorter | (noun) something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent | - |
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| (noun) something outstandingly difficult | - |
| (noun) someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound | - |
| sorter | (noun) a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes | - |
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| (noun) a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) | - |
| supporter | (noun) a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) | Synonyms: garter |
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| (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, suspensor |
| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist |
| (noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assistant, help, helper |
| (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: patron, sponsor |
| torte | (noun) rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria | - |
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| tortellini | (noun) small ring-shaped stuffed pasta | - |
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| transporter | (noun) a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) | Synonyms: conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt |
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| (noun) a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships | - |
| (noun) a long truck for carrying motor vehicles | Synonyms: car transporter |
| vortex | (noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) | Synonyms: maelstrom, whirlpool |
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| (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: convolution, swirl, whirl |
| woolsorter | (noun) a person who sorts wool into different grades | Synonyms: wool stapler |
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