| anointer | (noun) one who anoints as a religious ceremony | - |
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| assenter | (noun) a person who assents | - |
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| banter | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: backchat, give-and-take, raillery |
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| (verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: chaff, jolly, josh, kid |
| barycenter | (noun) (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve | - |
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| bunter | (noun) a batter who bunts | - |
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| canter | (noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | Synonyms: lope |
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| (verb) ride at a canter | - |
| (verb) go at a canter, of horses | - |
| (verb) cause to ride at a cantering pace | - |
| carpenter | (noun) a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
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| (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
| center | (adjective) of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually | Synonyms: centre |
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| (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: centre, halfway, middle, midway |
| (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: centre, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center field, centerfield, centre |
| (noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: centre, nerve center, nerve centre |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center of attention, centre, centre of attention |
| (noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: centre, midpoint |
| (noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: centre, eye, heart, middle |
| (noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: centre, snapper |
| (noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: centre |
| (noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: centre |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
| (verb) move into the center | Synonyms: centre |
| (verb) center upon | Synonyms: center on, centre, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
| chanter | (noun) reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played | Synonyms: melody pipe |
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| concenter | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concentre, focalise, focalize, focus |
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| counter | (adjective) indicating opposition or resistance | Synonyms: antagonistic |
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| (noun) a return punch (especially by a boxer) | Synonyms: counterpunch, parry |
| (noun) table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted | - |
| (noun) a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens | Synonyms: tabulator |
| (noun) a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot | Synonyms: heel counter |
| (noun) game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games | - |
| (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: buffet, sideboard |
| (noun) (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) | - |
| (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte |
| (noun) a person who counts things | - |
| (adverb) in the opposite direction | - |
| (verb) speak in response | - |
| (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, forestall |
| decanter | (noun) a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | Synonyms: carafe |
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| discounter | (noun) a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price | Synonyms: discount house, discount store, wholesale house |
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| disinter | (verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | Synonyms: exhume |
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| dissenter | (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissident, objector, protester |
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| enchanter | (noun) a sorcerer or magician | - |
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| encounter | (noun) a minor short-term fight | Synonyms: brush, clash, skirmish |
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| (noun) a casual meeting with a person or thing | Synonyms: coming upon |
| (noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | Synonyms: confrontation, face-off, showdown |
| (noun) a casual or unexpected convergence | Synonyms: meeting |
| (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: meet, play, take on |
| (verb) come together | Synonyms: come across, meet, run across, run into, see |
| (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen |
| (verb) be beset by | Synonyms: run into |
| (verb) experience as a reaction | Synonyms: meet, receive |
| enter | (verb) set out on (an enterprise or subject of study) | Synonyms: embark |
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| (verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form | Synonyms: put down, record |
| (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: participate |
| (verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: infix, insert, introduce |
| (verb) come on stage | - |
| (verb) to come or go into | Synonyms: come in, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into |
| (verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: accede |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, inscribe, raise, recruit |
| (verb) be or play a part of or in | Synonyms: figure |
| epicenter | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicentre |
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| experimenter | (noun) a research worker who conducts experiments | - |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas | - |
| fomenter | (noun) one who agitates; a political troublemaker | Synonyms: agitator |
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| frequenter | (noun) a regular customer | Synonyms: patron |
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| granter | (noun) a person who grants or gives something | - |
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| grunter | (noun) domestic swine | Synonyms: hog, pig, squealer, Sus scrofa |
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| (noun) a person who grunts | - |
| headcounter | (noun) someone who conducts surveys of public opinion | Synonyms: canvasser, poll taker, pollster |
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| headhunter | (noun) a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies | Synonyms: head-shrinker |
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| (noun) a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations) | - |
| hunter | (noun) a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal | Synonyms: hunting watch |
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| (noun) someone who hunts game | Synonyms: huntsman |
| (noun) a person who searches for something | - |
| inter | (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: bury, entomb, inhume, lay to rest |
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| jointer | (noun) a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together | Synonyms: jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane |
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| lamenter | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: griever, mourner, sorrower |
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| levanter | (noun) an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area | - |
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| metacenter | (noun) (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship | Synonyms: metacentre |
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| midwinter | (noun) the middle of winter | - |
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| minter | (noun) a skilled worker who coins or stamps money | Synonyms: coiner, moneyer |
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| mounter | (noun) someone who ascends on foot | Synonyms: climber |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. | - |
| overwinter | (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: winter |
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| painter | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: catamount, cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, panther, puma |
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| (noun) a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) | - |
| (noun) an artist who paints | - |
| (noun) a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint | - |
| planter | (noun) a decorative pot for house plants | - |
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| (noun) the owner or manager of a plantation | Synonyms: plantation owner |
| (noun) a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground | - |
| pointer | (noun) a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game | Synonyms: Spanish pointer |
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| (noun) an indicator as on a dial | - |
| (noun) (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions | Synonyms: cursor |
| (noun) a mark to indicate a direction or relation | Synonyms: arrow |
| pothunter | (noun) a nonprofessional archeologist | - |
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| (noun) someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies | - |
| (noun) someone who hunts for food (not for sport) | - |
| presenter | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: bestower, conferrer, donor, giver |
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| (noun) an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) | Synonyms: sponsor |
| (noun) someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.) | - |
| printer | (noun) a machine that prints | Synonyms: printing machine |
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| (noun) (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing | - |
| (noun) someone whose occupation is printing | Synonyms: pressman |
| punter | (noun) (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground | - |
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| (noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, bettor, wagerer |
| (noun) someone who propels a boat with a pole | - |
| ranter | (noun) someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner | Synonyms: raver |
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| renter | (noun) someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else | Synonyms: tenant |
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| (noun) an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person | - |
| restauranter | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restaurateur |
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| saunter | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: amble, perambulation, promenade, stroll |
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| (noun) a careless leisurely gait | - |
| (verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim | Synonyms: stroll |
| scienter | (adverb) (law) deliberately or knowingly | - |
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| shunter | (noun) a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips | - |
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| sinter | (verb) cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting | - |
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| splinter | (noun) a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal | Synonyms: sliver |
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| (verb) break up into splinters or slivers | Synonyms: sliver |
| (verb) withdraw from an organization or communion | Synonyms: break away, secede |
| (verb) divide into slivers or splinters | Synonyms: sliver |
| sprinter | (noun) someone who runs a short distance at top speed | - |
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| squinter | (noun) a person with strabismus | Synonyms: squint-eye |
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| stinter | (noun) an economizer who stints someone with something | - |
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| supplanter | (noun) one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | Synonyms: usurper |
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| surmounter | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: overcomer, subduer |
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| teleprinter | (noun) a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter | Synonyms: teletype machine, teletypewriter, telex, telex machine |
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| tenter | (noun) a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth | - |
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| tinter | (noun) a hairdresser who tints hair | - |
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| tormenter | (noun) a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings | Synonyms: teaser, tormentor |
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| (noun) someone who torments | Synonyms: persecutor, tormentor |
| transplanter | (noun) a gardener who moves plants to new locations | - |
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| trochanter | (noun) one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached | - |
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| vaunter | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter |
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| venter | (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: abdomen, belly, stomach |
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| (noun) a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle) | - |
| (noun) the womb | - |
| (noun) a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance | - |
| wanter | (noun) a person who wants or needs something | Synonyms: needer |
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| warranter | (noun) one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another | Synonyms: guarantor, surety, warrantor |
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| winter | (noun) the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox | Synonyms: wintertime |
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| (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: overwinter |