reformer | (noun) an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel | - |
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(noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, meliorist, reformist, social reformer |
rhymer | (noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | Synonyms: poetiser, poetizer, rhymester, versifier |
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roamer | (noun) someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | Synonyms: bird of passage, rover, wanderer |
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roomer | (noun) a tenant in someone's house | Synonyms: boarder, lodger |
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rummer | (noun) a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts | - |
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sarcomere | (noun) one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided | - |
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scammer | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, swindler |
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scapulohumeral | (adjective) relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone | - |
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schemer | (noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | Synonyms: plotter |
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screamer | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: scorcher |
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(noun) gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call | - |
(noun) a sensational newspaper headline | - |
(noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
shammer | (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham |
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(noun) someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | Synonyms: malingerer, skulker |
shimmer | (noun) a weak and tremulous light | Synonyms: play |
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(verb) give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk | - |
(verb) shine with a weak or fitful light | - |
shimmery | (adjective) glistening tremulously | - |
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simmer | (noun) temperature just below the boiling point | - |
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(verb) boil slowly at low temperature | - |
simmering | (noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | Synonyms: boiling, stewing |
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skimmer | (noun) gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food | - |
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(noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, straw hat |
(noun) a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids | - |
(noun) a rapid superficial reader | - |
slammer | (noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | Synonyms: clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky |
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(noun) a person who closes things violently | - |
sledgehammer | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: maul, sledge |
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(verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledge |
somersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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(verb) do a somersault | - |
somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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somerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, summerset |
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spammer | (noun) someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk) | - |
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squirmer | (noun) one who can't stay still (especially a child) | Synonyms: wiggler, wriggler |
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stammer | (noun) a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds | Synonyms: stutter |
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(verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: bumble, falter, stutter |
stammerer | (noun) someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions | Synonyms: stutterer |
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steamer | (noun) an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe | Synonyms: long-neck clam, Mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer clam |
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(noun) a ship powered by one or more steam engines | Synonyms: steamship |
(noun) a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it | - |
(noun) a clam that is usually steamed in the shell | Synonyms: long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer clam |
(verb) travel by means of steam power | Synonyms: steam |
stemmer | (noun) a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples) | - |
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(noun) a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge | - |
(noun) an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem | Synonyms: stemming algorithm |
(noun) a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers | - |
(noun) a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books | Synonyms: sprigger, stripper |
stereoisomer | (noun) any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement. | - |
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streamer | (noun) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising | Synonyms: banner |
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(noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennant, pennon, waft |
(noun) a newspaper headline that runs across the full page | Synonyms: banner |
(noun) light that streams | - |
submerge | (verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water | Synonyms: deluge, inundate |
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(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: drown, overwhelm |
(verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerse |
(verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerse |
submerged | (adjective) beneath the surface of the water | Synonyms: submersed, underwater |
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(adjective) growing or remaining under water | Synonyms: subaquatic, subaqueous, submersed, underwater |
submergence | (noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submerging, submersion |
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submergible | (adjective) capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged | Synonyms: submersible |
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submerging | (noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submergence, submersion |
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submerse | (verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerge |
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(verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerge |
submersed | (adjective) beneath the surface of the water | Synonyms: submerged, underwater |
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(adjective) growing or remaining under water | Synonyms: subaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, underwater |
submersible | (adjective) capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged | Synonyms: submergible |
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(noun) a warship designed to operate under water | Synonyms: submersible warship |
(noun) an apparatus intended for use under water | - |
submersion | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: dousing, ducking, immersion |
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(noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submergence, submerging |
summer | (noun) the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox | Synonyms: summertime |
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(noun) the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty | - |
(verb) spend the summer | - |
summercater | (noun) (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine | Synonyms: sport |
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summercaters | (noun) (Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine | - |
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summerhouse | (noun) a small roofed building affording shade and rest | Synonyms: gazebo |
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summerise | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerize |
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summerize | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerise |
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summersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summerset |
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summerset | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault |
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summertime | (noun) the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox | Synonyms: summer |
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summery | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer | - |
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supernumerary | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus |
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(noun) a minor actor in crowd scenes | Synonyms: extra, spear carrier |
(noun) a person serving no apparent function | - |
swimmer | (noun) a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets | - |
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(noun) a person who travels through the water by swimming | Synonyms: bather, natator |
swimmeret | (noun) one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming | Synonyms: pleopod |
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tamer | (noun) an animal trainer who tames wild animals | - |
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taxonomer | (noun) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior | Synonyms: systematist, taxonomist |
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telecommerce | (noun) the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | Synonyms: telemarketing, teleselling |
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telomerase | (noun) an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide | - |
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telomere | (noun) either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome | - |
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temerarious | (adjective) presumptuously daring | Synonyms: daredevil |
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temerity | (noun) fearless daring | Synonyms: audaciousness, audacity |
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termer | (noun) a person who serves a specified term | - |
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tetramerous | (adjective) having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers | - |
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thimerosal | (noun) a light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic | Synonyms: Merthiolate, sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate |
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timer | (noun) a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end | - |
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(noun) a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times | - |
(noun) (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed | Synonyms: timekeeper |
transformer | (noun) an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage | - |
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trimer | (noun) a polymer (or a molecule of a polymer) consisting of three identical monomers | - |
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trimmer | (noun) joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc. | Synonyms: trimmer joist |
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(noun) capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments | Synonyms: trimming capacitor |
(noun) a machine that trims timber | - |
(noun) a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs | Synonyms: pruner |
triphammer | (noun) a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity | - |
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turmeric | (noun) ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning | - |
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(noun) widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye | Synonyms: Curcuma domestica, Curcuma longa |
uncommercial | (adjective) not conducive to commercial success | - |
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uncommercialised | (adjective) not having been commercialized | Synonyms: uncommercialized |
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uncommercialized | (adjective) not having been commercialized | Synonyms: uncommercialised |
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underperformer | (noun) a business that is less successful than expected | - |
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(noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: nonachiever, underachiever |
unicameral | (adjective) composed of one legislative body | - |
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unmercenary | (adjective) not mercenary; not influenced by financial gains | - |
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unmerchantable | (adjective) not fit for sale | Synonyms: unmarketable, unvendible |
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unmerciful | (adjective) having or showing no mercy | Synonyms: merciless |
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unmercifully | (adverb) without pity; in a merciless manner | Synonyms: mercilessly, pitilessly, remorselessly |
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unmercifulness | (noun) inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving | Synonyms: mercilessness |
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unmerited | (adjective) not merited or deserved | - |
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(adjective) not merited | - |
unmeritorious | (adjective) without merit | - |
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unnumerable | (adjective) too numerous to be counted | Synonyms: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered |
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vomer | (noun) thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum | - |
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warmer | (noun) device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room | Synonyms: heater |
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weisenheimer | (noun) an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | Synonyms: smart aleck, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer |
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welcomer | (noun) a person who greets | Synonyms: greeter, saluter |
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windjammer | (noun) a large sailing ship | - |
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wisenheimer | (noun) an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments | Synonyms: smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wiseacre |
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yammer | (verb) complain whiningly | Synonyms: grizzle, whine, yawp |
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(verb) cry loudly, as of animals | Synonyms: howl, wrawl, yowl |
yellowhammer | (noun) European bunting the male being bright yellow | Synonyms: Emberiza citrinella, yellow bunting |
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(noun) large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail | Synonyms: Colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker |