abnegator | (noun) one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something | - |
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abrogator | (noun) an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal | - |
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aggregator | (noun) a person who collects things | Synonyms: collector |
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alligator | (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | Synonyms: gator |
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(noun) leather made from alligator's hide | - |
(verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
alligatored | (adjective) of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide | Synonyms: cracked |
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alligatorfish | (noun) small very elongate sea poachers | Synonyms: Aspidophoroides monopterygius |
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arrogator | (noun) a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess | - |
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astrogator | (noun) the navigator of a spacecraft | - |
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derogatory | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogative, disparaging |
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expurgator | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdleriser, bowdlerizer |
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fumigator | (noun) a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests | - |
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(noun) someone whose job is to fumigate | - |
gator | (noun) either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts | Synonyms: alligator |
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gigatonne | (noun) a unit of weight equivalent to 1 billion tonnes. | Synonyms: Gt |
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instigator | (noun) a person who initiates a course of action | Synonyms: initiator |
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(noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: firebrand, inciter, instigant, provoker |
interrogator | (noun) a questioner who is excessively harsh | Synonyms: inquisitor |
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interrogatory | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation | Synonyms: interrogative |
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(noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: examination, interrogation |
investigator | (noun) someone who investigates | - |
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(noun) a scientist who devotes himself to doing research | Synonyms: research worker, researcher |
(noun) a police officer who investigates crimes | Synonyms: detective, police detective, tec |
investigatory | (adjective) designed to find information or ascertain facts | Synonyms: fact-finding, investigative |
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legato | (adjective) (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | Synonyms: smooth |
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(adverb) connecting the notes; in music | - |
litigator | (noun) (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | Synonyms: litigant |
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megaton | (noun) one million tons | - |
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(noun) a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT | - |
mitigatory | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, palliative |
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navigator | (noun) in earlier times, a person who explored by ship | - |
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(noun) the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course | - |
(noun) the ship's officer in charge of navigation | Synonyms: sailing master |
nonobligatory | (adjective) not required by rule or law | Synonyms: nonmandatory |
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nugatory | (adjective) of no real value | - |
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obbligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obligato |
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(noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obligato |
obligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obbligato |
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(noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obbligato |
obligatorily | (adverb) in a manner that cannot be evaded | Synonyms: compulsorily, mandatorily |
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(adverb) in an obligatory manner | - |
obligatory | (adjective) morally or legally constraining or binding | - |
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(adjective) required by obligation or compulsion or convention | - |
promulgator | (noun) (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) | - |
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propagator | (noun) someone who spreads the news | Synonyms: disseminator |
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(noun) someone who propagates plants (as under glass) | - |
purgatorial | (adjective) of or resembling purgatory | - |
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(adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purging, purifying |
purgatory | (noun) (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins | - |
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(noun) a temporary condition of torment or suffering | - |
rigatoni | (noun) tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces | - |
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segregator | (noun) someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart | Synonyms: segregationist |
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subjugator | (noun) a conqueror who defeats and enslaves | - |
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supererogatory | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
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