| abator
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(noun) a person who abates a nuisance |
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| abattoir
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(noun) a building where animals are butchered |
Synonyms:
butchery,
shambles,
slaughterhouse |
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| abbreviator
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(noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work |
Synonyms:
abridger |
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| abdicator
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(noun) one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility |
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| abductor
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(noun) someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) |
Synonyms:
kidnaper,
kidnapper,
snatcher |
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| (noun) a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line |
Synonyms:
abductor muscle |
| abetter
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(noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another |
Synonyms:
abettor |
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| abettor
|
(noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another |
Synonyms:
abetter |
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| abhorrer
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(noun) a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred |
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| abjurer
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(noun) a person who abjures |
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| abnegator
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(noun) one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something |
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| abominator
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(noun) one who hates or loathes |
Synonyms:
loather |
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| abrader
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(noun) a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing |
Synonyms:
abradant |
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| abridger
|
(noun) one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work |
Synonyms:
abbreviator |
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| abrogator
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(noun) an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal |
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| absconder
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(noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution |
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| abseiler
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(noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point |
Synonyms:
rappeller |
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| absolver
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(noun) someone who grants absolution |
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| absorber
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(noun) (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation |
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| abstainer
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(noun) someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline |
Synonyms:
ascetic |
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| (noun) a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
Synonyms:
nondrinker,
abstinent |
| abstracter
|
(noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information |
Synonyms:
abstractor |
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| abstractor
|
(noun) one who makes abstracts or summarizes information |
Synonyms:
abstracter |
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| abuser
|
(noun) someone who abuses |
Synonyms:
maltreater |
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| abutter
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(noun) the owner of contiguous property |
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| accelerator
|
(noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve |
Synonyms:
gun,
gas,
gas pedal,
accelerator pedal,
throttle |
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| (noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
Synonyms:
throttle,
throttle valve |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected |
Synonyms:
catalyst |
| (noun) a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles |
Synonyms:
particle accelerator,
atom smasher |
| accelerometer
|
(noun) an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets |
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| accentor
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(noun) small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia |
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| acceptor
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(noun) (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated |
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| (noun) the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures |
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| accommodator
|
(noun) someone who performs a service or does a favor |
Synonyms:
obliger |
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| accoucheur
|
(noun) a physician specializing in obstetrics |
Synonyms:
obstetrician |
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| accumulator
|
(noun) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
Synonyms:
collector,
gatherer |
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| (noun) a voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
Synonyms:
storage battery |
| (noun) (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register |
Synonyms:
accumulator register |
| accuser
|
(noun) someone who imputes guilt or blame |
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| achiever
|
(noun) a person with a record of successes |
Synonyms:
success,
winner,
succeeder |
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| acquirer
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(noun) a person who acquires something (usually permanently) |
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| (noun) a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock |
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| (noun) the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card |
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| (noun) a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee |
Synonyms:
merchant bank |
| actinometer
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(noun) an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect) |
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| activator
|
(noun) (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription |
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| activewear
|
(noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear |
Synonyms:
sportswear,
athletic wear |
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| actor
|
(noun) a theatrical performer |
Synonyms:
role player,
histrion,
player,
thespian |
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| (noun) a person who acts and gets things done |
Synonyms:
worker,
doer |
| actuator
|
(noun) a mechanism that puts something into automatic action |
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| acyclovir
|
(noun) an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms |
Synonyms:
Zovirax |
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| adapter
|
(noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance |
Synonyms:
arranger,
transcriber |
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| (noun) device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible |
Synonyms:
adaptor |
| adaptor
|
(noun) device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible |
Synonyms:
adapter |
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| adder
|
(noun) a person who adds numbers |
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| (noun) a machine that adds numbers |
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| (noun) small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia |
Synonyms:
Vipera berus,
common viper |
| adducer
|
(noun) a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof |
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| adductor
|
(noun) a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line |
Synonyms:
adductor muscle |
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| adjudicator
|
(noun) a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes |
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| adjuster
|
(noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement |
Synonyms:
claim agent,
claims adjuster,
claims adjustor,
adjustor |
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| adjustor
|
(noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement |
Synonyms:
claim agent,
claims adjuster,
claims adjustor,
adjuster |
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| administrator
|
(noun) someone who administers a business |
Synonyms:
decision maker |
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| (noun) the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor |
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| (noun) someone who manages a government agency or department |
Synonyms:
executive |
| admirer
|
(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
Synonyms:
supporter,
booster,
protagonist,
champion,
friend |
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| (noun) a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves |
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| (noun) someone who admires a young woman |
Synonyms:
adorer |
| admonisher
|
(noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided |
Synonyms:
reminder,
monitor |
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| adopter
|
(noun) a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child |
Synonyms:
adoptive parent |
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| adorer
|
(noun) someone who admires a young woman |
Synonyms:
admirer |
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| adsorber
|
(noun) an apparatus used in the adhesion of atoms, ions, or molecules from a gas, liquid, or dissolved solid to a surface. |
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| adulator
|
(noun) a person who uses flattery |
Synonyms:
flatterer |
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| adulterator
|
(noun) any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
Synonyms:
adulterant |
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| (noun) a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
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| adulterer
|
(noun) someone who commits adultery or fornication |
Synonyms:
fornicator |
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| advancer
|
(noun) someone who advances |
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| adventurer
|
(noun) a person who enjoys taking risks |
Synonyms:
venturer |
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| (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) |
Synonyms:
explorer |
| advertiser
|
(noun) someone whose business is advertising |
Synonyms:
adman,
advertizer |
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| advertizer
|
(noun) someone whose business is advertising |
Synonyms:
adman,
advertiser |
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| adviser
|
(noun) an expert who gives advice |
Synonyms:
consultant,
advisor |
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| advisor
|
(noun) an expert who gives advice |
Synonyms:
consultant,
adviser |
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| advocator
|
(noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
Synonyms:
proponent,
exponent,
advocate |
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| aegir
|
(noun) a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
Synonyms:
bore,
eager,
eagre,
tidal bore |
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| aerator
|
(noun) an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage) |
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| aerogenerator
|
(noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds |
Synonyms:
wind generator,
windmill |
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| aether
|
(noun) a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves |
Synonyms:
ether |
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| affair
|
(noun) a vaguely specified concern |
Synonyms:
thing,
matter |
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| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship |
Synonyms:
involvement,
liaison,
intimacy,
affaire,
amour |
| (noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people |
Synonyms:
function,
occasion,
social function,
social occasion |
| affenpinscher
|
(noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
Synonyms:
monkey dog,
monkey pinscher |
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| affirmer
|
(noun) someone who claims to speak the truth |
Synonyms:
declarer,
asserter,
asseverator,
avower |
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| afterburner
|
(noun) a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust |
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| agar
|
(noun) any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent |
Synonyms:
nutrient agar |
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| (noun) a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods |
Synonyms:
agar-agar |
| agglomerator
|
(noun) a device that causes material to gather into rounded balls |
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| aggravator
|
(noun) an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating |
Synonyms:
annoyance |
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| aggregator
|
(noun) a person who collects things |
Synonyms:
collector |
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| aggressor
|
(noun) someone who attacks |
Synonyms:
assailant,
assaulter,
attacker |
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| (noun) a confident assertive person who acts as instigator |
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| agitator
|
(noun) one who agitates; a political troublemaker |
Synonyms:
fomenter |
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| air
|
(noun) a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of |
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| (noun) the region above the ground |
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| (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing |
Synonyms:
atmosphere,
aura |
| (noun) a slight wind (usually refreshing) |
Synonyms:
zephyr,
gentle wind,
breeze |
| (noun) the mass of air surrounding the Earth |
Synonyms:
atmosphere |
| (noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood |
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| (noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
Synonyms:
strain,
line,
tune,
melody,
melodic line,
melodic phrase |
| (noun) medium for radio and television broadcasting |
Synonyms:
airwave |
| (noun) travel via aircraft |
Synonyms:
air travel,
aviation |
| airliner
|
(noun) a commercial airplane that carries passengers |
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| airmailer
|
(noun) a mailer for airmail |
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| alabaster
|
(noun) a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving |
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| (noun) a hard compact kind of calcite |
Synonyms:
Mexican onyx,
onyx marble,
oriental alabaster |
| (noun) a very light white |
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| alcazar
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(noun) any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors |
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| alder
|
(noun) wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc |
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| (noun) north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant |
Synonyms:
alder tree |
| algometer
|
(noun) device for measuring pain caused by pressure |
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| alienator
|
(noun) an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile |
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| alienor
|
(noun) someone from whom the title of property is transferred |
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| alkaliser
|
(noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) |
Synonyms:
gastric antacid,
alkalizer,
antacid,
antiacid |
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| alkalizer
|
(noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) |
Synonyms:
gastric antacid,
alkaliser,
antacid,
antiacid |
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| allayer
|
(noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies |
Synonyms:
comforter,
reliever |
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| allegoriser
|
(noun) someone who communicates in allegories |
Synonyms:
allegorizer |
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| allegorizer
|
(noun) someone who communicates in allegories |
Synonyms:
allegoriser |
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| alleviator
|
(noun) a therapist who makes suffering more endurable |
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| (noun) remedy that alleviates pain without curing |
Synonyms:
palliative,
alleviant |
| alligator
|
(noun) leather made from alligator's hide |
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| (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts |
Synonyms:
gator |
| alliterator
|
(noun) a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration |
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| allocator
|
(noun) a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion |
Synonyms:
distributor |
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| allosaur
|
(noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus |
Synonyms:
allosaurus |
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| almoner
|
(noun) an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients |
Synonyms:
medical social worker |
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| almsgiver
|
(noun) a person who gives alms |
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| alphabetiser
|
(noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order |
Synonyms:
alphabetizer |
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| alphabetizer
|
(noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order |
Synonyms:
alphabetiser |
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