| complainant | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: plaintiff |
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| consonant | (noun) a speech sound that is not a vowel | - |
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| (noun) a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant | - |
| contaminant | (noun) a substance that contaminates | Synonyms: contamination |
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| cotenant | (noun) one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property | - |
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| covenant | (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: compact, concordat |
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| (noun) (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return | - |
| determinant | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
| (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
| dominant | (noun) an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different | Synonyms: dominant allele |
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| (noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | - |
| illuminant | (noun) something that can serve as a source of light | - |
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| lieutenant | (noun) an officer in a police force | Synonyms: police lieutenant |
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| (noun) a commissioned military officer | - |
| (noun) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Synonyms: deputy |
| (noun) an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade | - |
| pennant | (noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennon, streamer, waft |
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| (noun) a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering) | - |
| (noun) the award given to the champion | Synonyms: crown |
| recombinant | (noun) a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred | - |
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| remnant | (noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: end, oddment, remainder |
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| (noun) a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists | Synonyms: leftover |
| revenant | (noun) someone who has returned from the dead | - |
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| (noun) a person who returns after a lengthy absence | - |
| ruminant | (noun) any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments | - |
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| sonant | (noun) a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords | Synonyms: voiced sound |
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| subdominant | (noun) (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale | - |
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| sublieutenant | (noun) an officer ranking next below a lieutenant | - |
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| tenant | (noun) someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else | Synonyms: renter |
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| (noun) any occupant who dwells in a place | - |
| (noun) a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) | - |