skydiver | (noun) a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord | - |
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slaver | (noun) a person engaged in slave trade | Synonyms: slave dealer, slave trader |
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(noun) someone who holds slaves | Synonyms: slave owner, slaveholder |
sleepover | (noun) an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
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slipcover | (noun) a removable fitted cloth covering for upholstered furniture | - |
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slipover | (noun) a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | Synonyms: pullover |
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sliver | (noun) a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something | Synonyms: paring, shaving |
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(noun) a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal | Synonyms: splinter |
solver | (noun) a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution | Synonyms: convergent thinker, problem solver |
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spillover | (noun) (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure | - |
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stopover | (noun) a brief stay in the course of a journey | Synonyms: layover, stop |
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(noun) a stopping place on a journey | Synonyms: way station |
stover | (noun) the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested | - |
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striver | (noun) someone who works as hard as a slave | Synonyms: hard worker, slave |
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takeover | (noun) a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation | - |
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(noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, putsch |
taxidriver | (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living | Synonyms: cabby, cabdriver, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taximan |
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timeserver | (noun) one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage | - |
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turnover | (noun) the act of upsetting something | Synonyms: overturn, upset |
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(noun) the volume measured in dollars | Synonyms: dollar volume |
(noun) a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling | - |
(noun) the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers | Synonyms: employee turnover, turnover rate |
underachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: nonachiever, underperformer |
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waiver | (noun) a formal written statement of relinquishment | Synonyms: discharge, release |
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walkover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap |
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(noun) backbends combined with handstands | - |
waver | (noun) the act of moving back and forth | Synonyms: flicker, flutter |
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(noun) the act of pausing uncertainly | Synonyms: falter, faltering, hesitation |
(noun) someone who communicates by waving | - |
weaver | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver finch, weaverbird |
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(noun) a craftsman who weaves cloth | - |
woodcarver | (noun) makes decorative wooden panels | Synonyms: carver |
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