adjuster | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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austenite | (noun) a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite | - |
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austereness | (noun) extreme plainness | Synonyms: severeness, severity |
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austerity | (noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | Synonyms: asceticism, nonindulgence |
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baluster | (noun) one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing | - |
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balusters | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail |
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blockbuster | (noun) an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) | Synonyms: megahit, smash hit |
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(noun) a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) | - |
bluster | (noun) a swaggering show of courage | Synonyms: bravado |
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(noun) vain and empty boasting | Synonyms: braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade |
(noun) a violent gusty wind | - |
(noun) noisy confusion and turbulence | - |
blusterer | (noun) a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly | Synonyms: loudmouth |
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broncobuster | (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, buster |
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buster | (noun) a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something | - |
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(noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, broncobuster |
(noun) a robust child | - |
(noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: dude, fellow |
(noun) a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically | Synonyms: baby buster |
cluster | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, clustering |
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clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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duster | (noun) a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter | - |
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(noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | Synonyms: dust coat, gabardine, gaberdine, smock |
(noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, dustrag |
(noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, sandstorm, sirocco |
filibuster | (noun) (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches | - |
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(noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibusterer |
filibusterer | (noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibuster |
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fluster | (noun) a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset | Synonyms: perturbation |
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langouste | (noun) large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters | Synonyms: crawfish, crayfish, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
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(noun) warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California | Synonyms: crayfish, rock lobster, spiny lobster |
luster | (noun) a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain | Synonyms: lustre |
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(noun) a quality that outshines the usual | Synonyms: brilliancy, lustre, splendor, splendour |
(noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | Synonyms: lustre, sheen, shininess |
lusterlessness | (noun) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | Synonyms: flatness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte |
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lusterware | (noun) pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze | - |
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mustelid | (noun) fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals | Synonyms: musteline, musteline mammal |
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musteline | (noun) fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals | Synonyms: mustelid, musteline mammal |
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muster | (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: conscription, draft, selective service |
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(noun) a gathering of military personnel for duty | - |
ouster | (noun) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | Synonyms: ousting |
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(noun) a wrongful dispossession | - |
(noun) a person who ousts or supplants someone else | Synonyms: ejector |
sodbuster | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: farmer, granger, husbandman |
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sustenance | (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustentation, upkeep |
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(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body | Synonyms: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, victuals |
(noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support |
sustentation | (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, upkeep |
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thruster | (noun) a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft | - |
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(noun) one who intrudes or pushes himself forward | Synonyms: pusher |
trustbuster | (noun) a federal agent who engages in trust busting | - |
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trustee | (noun) a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit | Synonyms: legal guardian |
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(noun) members of a governing board | Synonyms: regent |
trusteeship | (noun) the position of trustee | - |
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(noun) a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations | Synonyms: trust territory |
truster | (noun) a supporter who accepts something as true | Synonyms: believer |
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