assaulter | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assailant, attacker |
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colter | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | Synonyms: coulter |
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coulter | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | Synonyms: colter |
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defaulter | (noun) a contestant who forfeits a match | - |
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(noun) someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | Synonyms: deadbeat |
(noun) someone who fails to make a required appearance in court | - |
falter | (noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: faltering, hesitation, waver |
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filter | (noun) device that removes something from whatever passes through it | - |
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(noun) an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it | - |
halter | (noun) either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight | Synonyms: balancer, haltere |
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(noun) a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered | - |
(noun) rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading | Synonyms: hackamore |
(noun) a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging | Synonyms: hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hemp, hempen necktie |
kelter | (noun) in working order | Synonyms: kilter |
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kilter | (noun) in working order | Synonyms: kelter |
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melter | (noun) a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.) | - |
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molter | (noun) an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) | Synonyms: moulter |
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moulter | (noun) an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) | Synonyms: molter |
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pelter | (noun) a thrower of missiles | - |
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(noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: cloudburst, deluge, downpour, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
philter | (noun) a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it | Synonyms: love-philter, love-philtre, love-potion, philtre |
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salter | (noun) someone who makes or deals in salt | Synonyms: salt merchant |
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(noun) someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods | - |
shelter | (noun) a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger | - |
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(noun) protective covering that provides protection from the weather | - |
(noun) temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons | - |
(noun) a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings | Synonyms: tax shelter |
(noun) the condition of being protected | Synonyms: protection |
smelter | (noun) an industrial plant for smelting | Synonyms: smeltery |
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spelter | (noun) impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots) | - |
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tilter | (noun) a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs | - |
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(noun) someone who engages in a tilt or joust | - |
vaulter | (noun) an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | Synonyms: pole jumper, pole vaulter |
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welter | (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother |
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