abuser | (noun) someone who abuses | Synonyms: maltreater |
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accuser | (noun) someone who imputes guilt or blame | - |
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advertiser | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertizer |
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adviser | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: advisor, consultant |
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alkaliser | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkalizer, antacid, antiacid, gastric antacid |
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allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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alphabetiser | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetizer |
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analyser | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyzer |
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appeaser | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands | - |
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appetiser | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetizer, starter |
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appraiser | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: valuator |
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(noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: authenticator |
arouser | (noun) someone who rouses others from sleep | Synonyms: rouser, waker |
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atomiser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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authoriser | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authorizer |
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bowdleriser | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdlerizer, expurgator |
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breathalyser | (noun) a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | Synonyms: breathalyzer |
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browser | (noun) a program used to view HTML documents | Synonyms: web browser |
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(noun) a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular | - |
bruiser | (noun) a large and strong and heavyset man | Synonyms: bull, Samson, strapper |
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canvasser | (noun) someone who conducts surveys of public opinion | Synonyms: headcounter, poll taker, pollster |
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(noun) someone who examines votes at an election | Synonyms: scrutineer |
(noun) a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes | Synonyms: solicitor |
(noun) a person who takes or counts votes | - |
carouser | (noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking | Synonyms: wassailer |
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censer | (noun) a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) | Synonyms: thurible |
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chaser | (noun) a drink to follow immediately after another drink | - |
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(noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | Synonyms: pursuer |
chooser | (noun) a person who chooses or selects out | Synonyms: picker, selector |
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cleanser | (noun) a preparation used in cleaning something | Synonyms: cleaner, cleansing agent |
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closer | (noun) (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game | Synonyms: finisher |
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(noun) a person who closes something | - |
(adverb) (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance | Synonyms: nearer, nigher |
coloniser | (noun) someone who helps to found a colony | Synonyms: colonizer |
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composer | (noun) someone who composes music, usually as a profession | - |
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compromiser | (noun) a negotiator willing to compromise | - |
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condenser | (noun) lens used to concentrate light on an object | Synonyms: optical condenser |
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(noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitance, capacitor, electrical condenser |
(noun) a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat | - |
(noun) an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid | - |
courser | (noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | - |
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(noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: charger |
(noun) a dog trained for coursing | - |
(noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey | - |
cruiser | (noun) a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer | - |
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(noun) a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board | Synonyms: cabin cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft |
(noun) a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters | Synonyms: patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car |
debaser | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: degrader |
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degreaser | (noun) a chemical substance that dissolves water-insoluble substances, such as greases and oils. | - |
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deposer | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deponent, testifier |
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deviser | (noun) a person who makes plans | Synonyms: contriver, planner |
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diffuser | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
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(noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
digitiser | (noun) device for converting analogue signals into digital signals | Synonyms: analog-digital converter, analog-to-digital converter, digitizer |
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disburser | (noun) someone who spends money to purchase goods or services | Synonyms: expender, spender |
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dispenser | (noun) a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts | - |
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(noun) a person who dispenses | - |
dosser | (noun) someone who sleeps in any convenient place | Synonyms: street person |
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dowser | (noun) forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil | Synonyms: divining rod, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder |
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(noun) someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water | Synonyms: rhabdomancer, water witch |
dresser | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest, chest of drawers |
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(noun) a cabinet with shelves | - |
(noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dressing table, toilet table, vanity |
(noun) a wardrobe assistant for an actor | Synonyms: actor's assistant |
(noun) a person who dresses in a particular way | - |
economiser | (noun) a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste | Synonyms: economizer |
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endorser | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: indorser, ratifier, subscriber |
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(noun) a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security | Synonyms: indorser |
energiser | (noun) a device that supplies electrical energy | Synonyms: energizer |
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(noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: animator, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer |
enterpriser | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: entrepreneur |
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equaliser | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equalizer |
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(noun) electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | Synonyms: equalizer |
eraser | (noun) an implement used to erase something | - |
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excuser | (noun) a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense | Synonyms: forgiver, pardoner |
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exerciser | (noun) sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises | Synonyms: gymnastic apparatus |
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exorciser | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorcist |
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fertiliser | (noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile | Synonyms: fertilizer, plant food |
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fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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(noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
galvaniser | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvanizer, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvanizer |
geyser | (noun) a spring that discharges hot water and steam | - |
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(verb) to overflow like a geyser | - |
greaser | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | Synonyms: taco, wetback |
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guesser | (noun) a person who guesses | - |
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gyrostabiliser | (noun) a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane | Synonyms: gyrostabilizer |
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hairdresser | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairstylist, styler, stylist |
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harasser | (noun) a persistent attacker | Synonyms: harrier |
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(noun) a persistent tormentor | - |
harmoniser | (noun) a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | Synonyms: harmonizer |
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(noun) a musician who sings or plays in harmony | Synonyms: harmonizer |
hawser | (noun) large heavy rope for nautical use | - |
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hisser | (noun) someone who communicates disapproval by hissing | - |
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hypnotiser | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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idoliser | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idolater, idolizer |
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(noun) a lover blind with admiration and devotion | Synonyms: idolizer |
indorser | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, ratifier, subscriber |
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(noun) a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security | Synonyms: endorser |
kisser | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
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(noun) someone who kisses | Synonyms: osculator |
laser | (noun) an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light | Synonyms: optical maser |
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lesser | (adjective) of less size or importance | - |
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(adjective) smaller in size or amount or value | - |
licenser | (noun) an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications) | - |
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liquidiser | (noun) an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | Synonyms: blender, liquidizer |
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loser | (noun) a gambler who loses a bet | - |
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(noun) a contestant who loses the contest | Synonyms: also-ran |
(noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: failure, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
maser | (noun) an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation | - |
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memoriser | (noun) a person who learns by rote | Synonyms: memorizer |
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merchandiser | (noun) a businessperson engaged in retail trade | Synonyms: merchant |
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merganser | (noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake |
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miser | (noun) a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably) | - |
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monopoliser | (noun) someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something | Synonyms: monopolist, monopolizer |
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mouser | (noun) a cat proficient at mousing | - |
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muser | (noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | Synonyms: muller, ponderer, ruminator |
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nebuliser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomiser, atomizer, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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normaliser | (noun) a person who normalizes | Synonyms: normalizer |
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nurser | (noun) a person who treats something carefully | - |
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opposer | (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, antagonist, opponent, resister |
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organiser | (noun) a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | Synonyms: organizer, PDA, personal digital assistant, personal organiser, personal organizer |
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(noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: arranger, organizer |
(noun) someone who enlists workers to join a union | Synonyms: labor organizer, organizer |
oxidiser | (noun) a substance that oxidizes another substance | Synonyms: oxidant, oxidizer, oxidizing agent |
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parser | (noun) a computer program that divides code up into functional components | - |
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passer | (noun) (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass | Synonyms: forward passer |
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(noun) a person who passes by casually or by chance | Synonyms: passer-by, passerby |
(noun) a student who passes an examination | - |
(noun) a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group | - |
pasteuriser | (noun) an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk). | Synonyms: pasteurizer |
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philosophiser | (noun) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | Synonyms: philosophizer |
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pisser | (noun) a very disagreeable difficulty | - |
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(noun) a person who urinates | Synonyms: urinator |
plagiariser | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiarist, plagiarizer |
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plasticiser | (noun) a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable | Synonyms: plasticizer |
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pleaser | (noun) a pleasing entertainer | - |
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poetiser | (noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | Synonyms: poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier |
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populariser | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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poser | (noun) a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem | Synonyms: sticker, stumper, toughie |
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(noun) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor | Synonyms: model |
(noun) a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not | Synonyms: poseur |
prickteaser | (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, tease, vamp, vamper |
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promiser | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promisor |
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proposer | (noun) (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion | Synonyms: mover |
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(noun) someone who advances a suggestion or proposal | Synonyms: suggester |