abseiler | (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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airmailer | (noun) a mailer for airmail | - |
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beguiler | (noun) a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) | Synonyms: charmer |
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(noun) someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | Synonyms: cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster |
blackmailer | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: extortioner, extortionist |
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boiler | (noun) sealed vessel where water is converted to steam | Synonyms: steam boiler |
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(noun) a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid | Synonyms: kettle |
broiler | (noun) an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
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(noun) flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling | - |
caviler | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviller, pettifogger, quibbler |
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compiler | (noun) (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program | Synonyms: compiling program |
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(noun) a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) | - |
defiler | (noun) a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment | Synonyms: polluter |
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despoiler | (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler |
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filer | (noun) a party who files a notice with a law court | - |
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(noun) a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization | Synonyms: file clerk, filing clerk |
jailer | (noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey |
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mailer | (noun) a container for something to be mailed | - |
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(noun) an advertisement that is sent by mail | - |
(noun) a person who mails something | - |
miler | (noun) a runner in a one-mile race | - |
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(noun) (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles | - |
nailer | (noun) a worker who attaches something by nailing it | - |
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oiler | (noun) a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk | Synonyms: oil tanker, tank ship, tanker |
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(noun) a well that yields or has yielded oil | Synonyms: oil well |
(noun) a worker who oils engines or machinery | - |
potboiler | (noun) a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot) | - |
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reconciler | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace | Synonyms: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker |
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retailer | (noun) a merchant who sells goods at retail | Synonyms: retail merchant |
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semitrailer | (noun) a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle | Synonyms: semi |
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smiler | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, visage |
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(noun) a person who smiles | - |
spoiler | (noun) a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag | - |
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(noun) an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds | - |
(noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider |
(noun) a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning | - |
(noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer |
tiler | (noun) a worker who lays tile | - |
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toiler | (noun) one who works strenuously | - |
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trailer | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy | Synonyms: house trailer |
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(noun) a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor | - |
(noun) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future | Synonyms: preview, prevue |
(noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke |
wailer | (noun) a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries | - |
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wassailer | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: carouser |
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(noun) someone who who drinks to the health of someone or the success of some venture | Synonyms: toaster |