| absentminded | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, abstracted, scatty |
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| absentmindedly | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, abstractedly, inattentively |
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| absentmindedness | (noun) preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored | - |
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| attainder | (noun) cancellation of civil rights | Synonyms: civil death |
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| babyminder | (noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working | Synonyms: baby minder, minder |
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| binder | (noun) something used to tie or bind | Synonyms: ligature |
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| (noun) holds loose papers or magazines | Synonyms: ring-binder |
| (noun) a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves | Synonyms: reaper binder |
| (noun) something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface | - |
| bindery | (noun) a workshop where books are bound | - |
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| blinded | (adjective) deprived of sight | - |
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| blinder | (noun) blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | Synonyms: blinker, winker |
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| bookbinder | (noun) a worker whose trade is binding books | - |
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| bookbindery | (noun) a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books | - |
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| brinded | (adjective) having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats | Synonyms: brindle, brindled, tabby |
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| cinder | (noun) a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire | Synonyms: clinker |
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| cylinder | (noun) a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air | - |
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| (noun) a chamber within which piston moves | Synonyms: piston chamber |
| (noun) a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line | - |
| (noun) a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) | - |
| faultfinder | (noun) someone who is critical of the motives of others | Synonyms: cynic |
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| feebleminded | (adjective) retarded in intellectual development | Synonyms: backward, half-witted, slow-witted |
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| feeblemindedness | (noun) severe mental deficiency | - |
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| finder | (noun) optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest | Synonyms: view finder, viewfinder |
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| (noun) someone who is the first to observe something | Synonyms: discoverer, spotter |
| (noun) someone who comes upon something after searching | - |
| flinders | (noun) bits and splinters and fragments | - |
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| grinder | (noun) a machine tool that polishes metal | - |
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| (noun) machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing | Synonyms: mill, milling machinery |
| (noun) grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | Synonyms: molar |
| (noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
| highbinder | (noun) a corrupt politician | - |
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| hinder | (adjective) located at or near the back of an animal | Synonyms: back, hind |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: hamper, handicap |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, blockade, embarrass, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to | Synonyms: impede |
| hinderance | (noun) the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding | Synonyms: hindrance, interference |
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| (noun) any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | Synonyms: encumbrance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive |
| (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hindrance, impediment |
| hindering | (adjective) preventing movement | Synonyms: clogging, impeding, obstructive |
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| hinderingly | (adverb) in an obstructive manner | Synonyms: obstructively |
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| hindermost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindmost, rearmost |
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| indebted | (adjective) owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc | - |
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| (adjective) under a legal obligation to someone | - |
| indebtedness | (noun) a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor | Synonyms: obligation |
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| (noun) an obligation to pay money to another party | Synonyms: financial obligation, liability |
| indecency | (noun) an indecent or improper act | Synonyms: impropriety |
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| (noun) the quality of being indecent | - |
| indecent | (adjective) offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters | - |
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| (adjective) offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance | - |
| (adjective) not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | Synonyms: indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward |
| indecently | (adverb) in an indecent manner | - |
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| indecipherable | (adjective) not easily deciphered | Synonyms: unclear, undecipherable, unreadable |
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| (adjective) impossible to determine the meaning of | - |
| indecision | (noun) the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: indecisiveness |
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| (noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecisiveness, irresolution |
| indecisive | (adjective) not definitely settling something | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by lack of decision and firmness | - |
| (adjective) not clearly defined | - |
| indecisively | (adverb) without finality; inconclusively | - |
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| (adverb) lacking firmness or resoluteness | - |
| indecisiveness | (noun) the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose | Synonyms: indecision |
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| (noun) doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action | Synonyms: indecision, irresolution |
| indecorous | (adjective) lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct | Synonyms: indelicate |
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| (adjective) not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | Synonyms: indecent, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward |
| indecorously | (adverb) without decorousness | Synonyms: unbecomingly |
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| indecorousness | (noun) a lack of decorum | Synonyms: indecorum |
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| indecorum | (noun) an act of undue intimacy | Synonyms: familiarity, impropriety, liberty |
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| (noun) a lack of decorum | Synonyms: indecorousness |
| indeed | (adverb) (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc. | - |
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| (adverb) in truth (often tends to intensify) | Synonyms: so |
| indefatigability | (noun) tireless determination | Synonyms: indefatigableness, tirelessness |
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| indefatigable | (adjective) showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality | Synonyms: tireless, unflagging, unwearying |
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| indefatigableness | (noun) tireless determination | Synonyms: indefatigability, tirelessness |
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| indefatigably | (adverb) with indefatigable energy | Synonyms: inexhaustibly, tirelessly |
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| indefeasible | (adjective) not liable to being annulled or voided or undone | - |
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| indefensible | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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| (adjective) (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified | Synonyms: untenable |
| (adjective) not able to be protected against attack | - |
| indefinability | (noun) The quality of not being able to be precisely defined or put into words. | - |
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| indefinable | (adjective) defying expression or description | Synonyms: indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable |
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| (adjective) not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words | Synonyms: undefinable |
| indefinite | (adjective) vague or not clearly defined or stated | - |
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| (adjective) not decided or not known | - |
| indefinitely | (adverb) to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time | - |
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| indefiniteness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indefinity | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indehiscent | (adjective) (of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds | - |
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| indelibility | (noun) The quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface. | Synonyms: ineffaceability |
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| indelible | (adjective) cannot be removed or erased | Synonyms: unerasable |
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| indelibly | (adverb) in an indelible manner | - |
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| indelicacy | (noun) an impolite act or expression | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being indelicate and offensive | - |
| indelicate | (adjective) lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct | Synonyms: indecorous |
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| (adjective) verging on the indecent | - |
| (adjective) in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent | Synonyms: off-color, off-colour |
| indemnification | (noun) an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance | - |
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| (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnity, redress, restitution |
| indemnify | (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, recompense, repair |
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| (verb) secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for | - |
| indemnity | (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution |
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| (noun) legal exemption from liability for damages | - |
| (noun) protection against future loss | Synonyms: insurance |
| indene | (noun) a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins | - |
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| indent | (noun) an order for goods to be exported or imported | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indentation, indention, indenture |
| (verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | Synonyms: indenture |
| (verb) make a depression into | Synonyms: dent |
| (verb) cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication | - |
| (verb) notch the edge of or make jagged | - |
| (verb) set in from the margin | - |
| indentation | (noun) the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indention, indenture |
| (noun) the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | Synonyms: pitting, roughness |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indenture |
| indention | (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indentation, indenture |
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| indenture | (noun) a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term | - |
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| (noun) formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt | - |
| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indentation, indention |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indentation |
| (verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | Synonyms: indent |
| indentured | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, bound |
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| independence | (noun) the successful ending of the American Revolution | - |
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| (noun) freedom from control or influence of another or others | Synonyms: independency |
| independency | (noun) freedom from control or influence of another or others | Synonyms: independence |
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| independent | (adjective) free from external control and constraint | - |
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| (adjective) (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence | Synonyms: main |
| (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign |
| (adjective) not controlled by a party or interest group | - |
| (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person |
| (noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | Synonyms: fencesitter, mugwump |
| independently | (adverb) on your own; without outside help | - |
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| (adverb) individually or separately | Synonyms: severally |
| indescribability | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribableness |
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| indescribable | (adjective) defying expression or description | Synonyms: indefinable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable |
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| indescribableness | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribability |
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| indescribably | (adverb) to an inexpressible degree | Synonyms: ineffably, inexpressibly, unspeakably, unutterably |
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| indestructibility | (noun) the strength to resist destruction | - |
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| indestructible | (adjective) not easily destroyed | - |
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| (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: durable, perdurable, undestroyable |
| indeterminable | (adjective) not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained | Synonyms: undeterminable |
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| (adjective) incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated | - |
| indeterminably | (adverb) in an indeterminable manner | - |
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| indeterminacy | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminateness, indetermination |
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| indeterminate | (adjective) not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance | Synonyms: undetermined |
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| (adjective) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex | - |
| (adjective) of uncertain or ambiguous nature | - |
| (adjective) not leading to a definite ending or result | - |
| (adjective) (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved | - |
| indeterminateness | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indetermination |
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| indetermination | (noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined | Synonyms: indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness |
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| index | (noun) the finger next to the thumb | Synonyms: forefinger, index finger |
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| (noun) an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed | - |
| (noun) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Synonyms: index number, indicant, indicator |
| (noun) a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself | Synonyms: exponent, power |
| (noun) a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number | - |
| (verb) adjust through indexation | - |
| (verb) provide with an index | - |
| (verb) list in an index | - |
| indexation | (noun) a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation | - |
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| indexer | (noun) someone who provides an index | - |
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| indexical | (adjective) of or relating to or serving as an index | - |
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| indexing | (noun) the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve | - |
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| indexless | (adjective) lacking an index | - |
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| kindergarten | (noun) a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school | - |
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| kindergartener | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartner, preschooler |
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| kindergartner | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, preschooler |
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| linden | (noun) any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber | Synonyms: basswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree |
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| (noun) soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork | Synonyms: basswood |
| minded | (adjective) (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified | - |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | Synonyms: apt, disposed, given, tending |
| minder | (noun) a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working | Synonyms: baby minder, babyminder |
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| (noun) someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors | - |
| netminder | (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper |
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| pathfinder | (noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | Synonyms: guide, scout |
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| rangefinder | (noun) a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object | Synonyms: range finder |
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| reindeer | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus |
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