arbiter | (noun) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | Synonyms: arbitrator, umpire |
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(noun) someone with the power to settle matters at will | Synonyms: supreme authority |
backbiter | (noun) one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | Synonyms: defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier |
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biter | (noun) someone who bites | - |
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centiliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter | Synonyms: centilitre, cl |
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chapiter | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, capital |
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copywriter | (noun) a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy | - |
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counterfeiter | (noun) someone who makes copies illegally | Synonyms: forger |
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decaliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl |
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deciliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | Synonyms: decilitre, dl |
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dekaliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekalitre, dkl |
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dumbwaiter | (noun) a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another | Synonyms: food elevator |
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dynamiter | (noun) a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause | Synonyms: dynamitist |
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exploiter | (noun) a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | Synonyms: user |
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gagwriter | (noun) someone who writes comic material for public performers | Synonyms: gagman, gagster |
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gaiter | (noun) legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle | - |
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(noun) a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles | Synonyms: spat |
(noun) a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides | - |
ghostwriter | (noun) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | Synonyms: ghost |
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goiter | (noun) abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet | Synonyms: goitre, struma, thyromegaly |
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headwaiter | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: captain, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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hectoliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters | Synonyms: hectolitre, hl |
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igniter | (noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | Synonyms: ignitor, light, lighter |
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(noun) a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | Synonyms: ignitor, lighter |
inciter | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: firebrand, instigant, instigator, provoker |
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kiloliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters | Synonyms: cubic meter, cubic metre, kilolitre |
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limiter | (noun) (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform) | Synonyms: clipper |
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liter | (noun) a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) | Synonyms: cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, litre |
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milliliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | Synonyms: cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, millilitre, ml |
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miter | (noun) a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions | Synonyms: mitre |
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(noun) the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made | Synonyms: mitre |
(noun) joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner | Synonyms: miter joint, mitre, mitre joint |
newswriter | (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: correspondent |
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niter | (noun) (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive | Synonyms: nitre, potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre |
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orbiter | (noun) man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon | Synonyms: artificial satellite, satellite |
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plaiter | (noun) someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.) | - |
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reciter | (noun) someone who recites from memory | - |
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recruiter | (noun) an official who enlists personnel for military service | - |
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(noun) someone who supplies members or employees | - |
rewriter | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man |
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screenwriter | (noun) someone who writes screenplays | Synonyms: film writer |
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scriptwriter | (noun) someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas | - |
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songwriter | (noun) a composer of words or music for popular songs | Synonyms: ballad maker, songster |
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speechwriter | (noun) a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver | - |
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sportswriter | (noun) a journalist who writes about sports | Synonyms: sports writer |
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teletypewriter | (noun) a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter | Synonyms: teleprinter, teletype machine, telex, telex machine |
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titer | (noun) the concentration of a solution as determined by titration | Synonyms: titre |
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typewriter | (noun) hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time | - |
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underwriter | (noun) a financial institution that sells insurance | Synonyms: insurance company, insurance firm, insurance underwriter, insurer |
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(noun) a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities | Synonyms: investment banker |
(noun) an agent who sells insurance | Synonyms: general agent, insurance agent, insurance broker |
vomiter | (noun) a person who vomits | Synonyms: spewer |
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waiter | (noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: server |
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(noun) a person who waits or awaits | - |
writer | (noun) writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) | Synonyms: author |
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(noun) a person who is able to write and has written something | - |