| speculator | (noun) someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | Synonyms: plunger |
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| (noun) someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts | - |
| speculum | (noun) a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior | - |
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| (noun) a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument | - |
| subspecies | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | Synonyms: race |
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| suspect | (noun) someone who is under suspicion | - |
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| (noun) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | Synonyms: defendant |
| unexpectedness | (noun) extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected | Synonyms: surprisingness |
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| unrespectability | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, disreputableness |
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| woodpecker | (noun) bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects | Synonyms: pecker, peckerwood |
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