6-Letter Nouns Ending With R

Here's the list of all the 1583 6-Letter Nouns Ending With R in the English Language.

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number
1. the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
2. a concept of quantity involving zero and units
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center
1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
2. the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
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member
1. one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
2. anything that belongs to a set or class
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author
1. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
2. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
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better
1. something superior in quality or condition or effect
2. someone who bets
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server
1. a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
2. (court games) the player who serves to start a point
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seller
1. someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
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player
1. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
2. someone who plays a music as a profession
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silver
1. a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
2. coins made of silver
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career
1. the particular occupation for which you are trained
2. the general progression of your working or professional life
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letter
1. a written message addressed to a person or organization
2. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
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summer
1. the warmest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
2. the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
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matter
1. a vaguely specified concern
2. some situation or event that is thought about
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editor
1. a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
2. (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
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cancer
1. any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
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answer
1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
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master
1. an artist of consummate skill
2. a person who has general authority over others
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mother
1. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
2. a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
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senior
1. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
2. a person who is older than you are
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filter
1. device that removes something from whatever passes through it
2. an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
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longer
1. a person with a strong desire for something
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winter
1. the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
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reader
1. a person who enjoys reading
2. someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
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repair
1. the act of putting something in working order again
2. a formal way of referring to the condition of something
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sector
1. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
2. a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
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father
1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
2. the founder of a family
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driver
1. the operator of a motor vehicle
2. someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
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former
1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two
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poster
1. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
2. someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
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doctor
1. a licensed medical practitioner
2. children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
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leader
1. a person who rules or guides or inspires others
2. a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
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factor
1. anything that contributes causally to a result
2. an abstract part of something
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guitar
1. a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
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corner
1. a place off to the side of an area
2. the point where two lines meet or intersect
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dollar
1. the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
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flower
1. a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
2. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
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lawyer
1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
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hunter
1. someone who hunts game
2. a person who searches for something
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writer
1. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
2. a person who is able to write and has written something
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gender
1. a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
2. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
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colour
1. any material used for its color
2. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
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vendor
1. someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
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junior
1. term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
2. a third-year undergraduate
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soccer
1. a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
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manner
1. how something is done or how it happens
2. a way of acting or behaving
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dealer
1. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
2. a firm engaged in trading
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miller
1. someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
2. machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it
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dinner
1. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
2. a party of people assembled to have dinner together
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sister
1. a female person who has the same parents as another person
2. a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group
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border
1. a line that indicates a boundary
2. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
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wonder
1. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
2. something that causes feelings of wonder
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winner
1. the contestant who wins the contest
2. a gambler who wins a bet
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potter
1. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln
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mirror
1. polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
2. a faithful depiction or reflection
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labour
1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
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avatar
1. a new personification of a familiar idea
2. the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form
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shower
1. a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
2. washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
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finder
1. someone who comes upon something after searching
2. someone who is the first to observe something
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header
1. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
2. horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
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banner
1. long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
2. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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router
1. a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
2. (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks
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folder
1. a small book usually having a paper cover
2. covering that is folded over to protect the contents
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rubber
1. an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
2. any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
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holder
1. a holding device
2. a person who holds something
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prayer
1. the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
2. reverent petition to a deity
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horror
1. intense and profound fear
2. something that inspires horror; something horrible
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worker
1. a person who works at a specific occupation
2. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
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vector
1. a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
2. a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
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buffer
1. (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
2. a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
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closer
1. a person who closes something
2. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
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murder
1. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
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walker
1. a person who travels by foot
2. a shoe designed for comfortable walking
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copper
1. a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
2. a copper penny
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harbor
1. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
2. a place of refuge and comfort and security
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latter
1. the second of two or the second mentioned of two
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broker
1. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
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sensor
1. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
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finger
1. any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
2. the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
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carter
1. someone whose work is driving carts
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danger
1. the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
2. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
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seeker
1. someone making a search or inquiry
2. a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
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powder
1. a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
2. a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
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cooper
1. a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
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warner
1. someone who gives a warning to others
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bidder
1. someone who makes an offer
2. someone who makes a bid at cards
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singer
1. a person who sings
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terror
1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
2. a person who inspires fear or dread
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killer
1. someone who causes the death of a person or animal
2. the causal agent resulting in death
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farmer
1. a person who operates a farm
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fisher
1. someone whose occupation is catching fish
2. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
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turner
1. a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
2. a lathe operator
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hacker
1. someone who plays golf poorly
2. a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
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sender
1. someone who transmits a message
2. set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
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viewer
1. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
2. an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
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butter
1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
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pepper
1. climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
2. any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
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victor
1. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
2. the contestant who wins the contest
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spider
1. predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
2. a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
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tender
1. something that can be used as an official medium of payment
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
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easter
1. a wind from the east
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beaver
1. the soft brown fur of the beaver
2. a full beard
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anchor
1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
2. a central cohesive source of support and stability
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butler
1. a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
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timber
1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
2. a beam made of wood
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roller
1. a grounder that rolls along the infield
2. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
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gather
1. sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
2. the act of gathering something
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collar
1. a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
2. (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
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roster
1. a list of names
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hammer
1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
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runner
1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties
2. someone who travels on foot by running
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marker
1. some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something
2. a distinguishing symbol
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porter
1. a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
2. someone who guards an entrance
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cooler
1. a refrigerator for cooling liquids
2. an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice
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lender
1. someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
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burner
1. an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
2. the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking
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harper
1. someone who plays the harp
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jaguar
1. a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
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flavor
1. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
2. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
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trader
1. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
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merger
1. the combination of two or more commercial companies
2. an occurrence that involves the production of a union
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pastor
1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
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bumper
1. a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast)
2. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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waiver
1. a formal written statement of relinquishment
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affair
1. a vaguely specified concern
2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
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washer
1. someone who washes things for a living
2. seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage
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mentor
1. a wise and trusted guide and advisor
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ladder
1. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
2. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
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heater
1. device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
2. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
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hunger
1. a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
2. strong desire for something (not food or drink)
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render
1. a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
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favour
1. a feeling of favorable regard
2. an inclination to approve
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cursor
1. (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
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bother
1. an angry disturbance
2. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
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ranger
1. an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
2. a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
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bitter
1. English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
2. the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
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ginger
1. perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
2. dried ground gingerroot
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honour
1. the state of being honored
2. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
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primer
1. an introductory textbook
2. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
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drawer
1. a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
2. the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
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humour
1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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caller
1. a social or business visitor
2. an investor who buys a call option
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sailor
1. any member of a ship's crew
2. a serviceman in the navy
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jumper
1. a person who jumps
2. an athlete who competes at jumping
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liquor
1. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
2. a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
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tucker
1. a sewer who tucks
2. a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
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cutter
1. someone who cuts or carves stone
2. someone who carves the meat
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barber
1. a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
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cooker
1. a utensil for cooking
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banker
1. a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
2. the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
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dancer
1. a performer who dances professionally
2. a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
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fender
1. a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
2. an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
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locker
1. a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
2. a fastener that locks or closes
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lumber
1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
2. an implement used in baseball by the batter
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diaper
1. garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
2. a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
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jasper
1. an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
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fuller
1. a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
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keeper
1. someone in charge of other people
2. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
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parser
1. a computer program that divides code up into functional components
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copier
1. apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
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litter
1. the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
2. rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
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footer
1. (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet
2. a person who travels by foot
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feeder
1. an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
2. someone who consumes food for nourishment
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mercer
1. a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
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ticker
1. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
2. a small portable timepiece
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weaver
1. a craftsman who weaves cloth
2. finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
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pewter
1. any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
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slayer
1. someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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tester
1. someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
2. a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)
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helper
1. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
2. a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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opener
1. the first event in a series
2. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
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lister
1. assessor who makes out the tax lists
2. moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
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hummer
1. a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
2. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
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ripper
1. a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
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burger
1. a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
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tailor
1. a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
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fowler
1. someone who hunts wild birds for food
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barker
1. someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
2. informal terms for dogs
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decker
1. (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels
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cellar
1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
2. an excavation where root vegetables are stored
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issuer
1. an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.)
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scalar
1. a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components
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boiler
1. sealed vessel where water is converted to steam
2. a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
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debtor
1. a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
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jabber
1. rapid and indistinct speech
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ledger
1. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
2. an accounting journal as a physical object
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loader
1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
2. an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
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armour
1. a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
2. protective covering made of metal and used in combat
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archer
1. a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
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warmer
1. device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room
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garner
1. a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
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buster
1. an informal form of address for a man
2. a robust child
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supper
1. a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
2. a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
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binder
1. a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
2. something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
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sulfur
1. an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
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brewer
1. someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
2. the owner or manager of a brewery
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oyster
1. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
2. edible body of any of numerous oysters
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clover
1. a plant of the genus Trifolium
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bomber
1. a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
2. a person who plants bombs
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pillar
1. a fundamental principle or practice
2. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
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mailer
1. a person who mails something
2. an advertisement that is sent by mail
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ringer
1. a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
2. a person who is almost identical to another
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zipper
1. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
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draper
1. a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
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hopper
1. funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
2. someone who hops
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filler
1. used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
2. 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
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raider
1. someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
2. a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management
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rocker
1. an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
2. a performer or composer or fan of rock music
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sawyer
1. one who is employed to saw wood
2. any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
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memoir
1. an account of the author's personal experiences
2. an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
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badger
1. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere
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kosher
1. food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
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camper
1. someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation
2. a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling
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sniper
1. a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
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mortar
1. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
2. used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
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crater
1. a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
2. a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
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muller
1. a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
2. a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
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sander
1. a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
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teller
1. an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
2. an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
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shaker
1. a person who wields power and influence
2. a container in which something can be shaken
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smoker
1. a person who smokes tobacco
2. a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only)
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bunker
1. a hazard on a golf course
2. a large container for storing fuel
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ulster
1. loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted
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wicker
1. slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
2. work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
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hanger
1. a worker who hangs something
2. anything from which something can be hung
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blazer
1. lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school
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surfer
1. someone who engages in surfboarding
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bazaar
1. a shop where a variety of goods are sold
2. a street of small shops (especially in Orient)
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logger
1. a person who fells trees
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grower
1. someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
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blower
1. a device that produces a current of air
2. a fan run by an electric motor
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temper
1. a sudden outburst of anger
2. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
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solder
1. an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
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slider
1. a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
2. someone who races the luge
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savior
1. a person who rescues you from harm or danger
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batter
1. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
2. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
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tanner
1. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
2. a craftsman who tans skins and hides
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chaser
1. a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
2. a drink to follow immediately after another drink
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slater
1. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
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carver
1. makes decorative wooden panels
2. an artist who creates sculptures
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bender
1. a tool for bending
2. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
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shaver
1. an adult male who shaves
2. a young person of either sex
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solver
1. a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution
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reaper
1. someone who helps to gather the harvest
2. farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
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heller
1. 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia
2. 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic
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renter
1. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
2. an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person
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booker
1. someone who engages a person or company for performances
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raptor
1. any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
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golfer
1. someone who plays the game of golf
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sucker
1. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
2. a shoot arising from a plant's roots
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kicker
1. a player who kicks the football
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halter
1. rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
2. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
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packer
1. a workman employed to pack things into containers
2. a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
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cougar
1. large American feline resembling a lion
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raster
1. the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor
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condor
1. the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
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dagger
1. a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
2. a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
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lauder
1. someone who communicates high praise
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bearer
1. someone whose employment involves carrying something
2. a messenger who bears or presents
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quaker
1. one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
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saucer
1. something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
2. a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table
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waiter
1. a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
2. a person who waits or awaits
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skater
1. someone who skates
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zephyr
1. a slight wind (usually refreshing)
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gutter
1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
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meteor
1. (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
2. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
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veneer
1. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
2. an ornamental coating to a building
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glider
1. aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
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tensor
1. a generalization of the concept of a vector
2. any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
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tracer
1. an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
2. an instrument used to make tracings
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tanker
1. a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
2. a soldier who drives a tank
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rector
1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
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poplar
1. soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
2. any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
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teaser
1. a worker who teases wool
2. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
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pulsar
1. a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
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caviar
1. salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
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fucker
1. a stupid despised man
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rapper
1. someone who performs rap music
2. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
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cutler
1. a dealer in cutlery
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picker
1. a person who chooses or selects out
2. someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
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hamper
1. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
2. a basket usually with a cover
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tumour
1. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
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parlor
1. reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
2. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
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setter
1. one who sets written material into type
2. a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
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cipher
1. a message written in a secret code
2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
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gopher
1. a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
2. any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
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digger
1. a laborer who digs
2. a machine for excavating
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eraser
1. an implement used to erase something
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sitter
1. an organism (person or animal) that sits
2. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
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nectar
1. a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators
2. fruit juice especially when undiluted
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kroner
1. the basic unit of money in Norway
2. the basic unit of money in Denmark
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topper
1. a worker who makes or adds the top to something
2. a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
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lander
1. a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet
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lancer
1. (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
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joiner
1. a person who likes to join groups
2. a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood
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simmer
1. temperature just below the boiling point
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dieter
1. a person who diets
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sinner
1. a person who sins (without repenting)
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angler
1. a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
2. a fisherman who uses a hook and line
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garter
1. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
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putter
1. a golfer who is putting
2. the iron normally used on the putting green
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fodder
1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
2. coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
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tinker
1. a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
2. formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
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healer
1. a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
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ocular
1. combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
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castor
1. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
2. a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
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muster
1. a gathering of military personnel for duty
2. compulsory military service
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hitter
1. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
2. someone who hits
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quasar
1. a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
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rumour
1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
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placer
1. an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
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jitter
1. small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources
2. a small irregular movement
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barter
1. an equal exchange
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caster
1. a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
2. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
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jaeger
1. rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
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velour
1. heavy fabric that resembles velvet
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martyr
1. one who suffers for the sake of principle
2. one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
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cocker
1. a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
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lessor
1. someone who grants a lease
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wiener
1. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
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grader
1. a judge who assigns grades to something
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scorer
1. a player who makes a score in a game or contest
2. a logger who marks trees to be felled
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elixir
1. a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
2. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
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vapour
1. a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
2. the process of becoming a vapor
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censor
1. someone who censures or condemns
2. a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
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raiser
1. a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid
2. someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
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jester
1. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
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bowler
1. a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket
2. a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins
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banter
1. light teasing repartee
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boomer
1. a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
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cantor
1. the musical director of a choir
2. the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
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mapper
1. a clerk who marks data on a chart
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hangar
1. a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
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gunner
1. a serviceman in the artillery
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lurker
1. someone waiting in concealment
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luster
1. a quality that outshines the usual
2. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
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welder
1. joins pieces of metal by welding them together
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juicer
1. a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
2. a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
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salter
1. someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods
2. someone who makes or deals in salt
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rudder
1. a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes
2. (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel
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stoner
1. an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)
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auteur
1. a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works
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damper
1. a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
2. a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
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detour
1. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
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dodger
1. a shifty deceptive person
2. small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)
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popper
1. a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)
2. a container for cooking popcorn
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manger
1. a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
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gawker
1. a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness
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antler
1. deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
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robber
1. a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
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woofer
1. a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds
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panzer
1. an armored vehicle or tank
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jogger
1. someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
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tamper
1. a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
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winger
1. (sports) player in wing position
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sealer
1. a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
2. an official who affixes a seal to a document
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tremor
1. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
2. a small earthquake
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choker
1. someone who kills by strangling
2. an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation
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winder
1. a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
2. mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
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dimmer
1. a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination
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hawker
1. someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
2. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
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fitter
1. someone who fits a garment to a particular person
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wearer
1. a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory
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mohair
1. fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
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buzzer
1. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
2. a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
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sorter
1. a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
2. a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes
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tiller
1. a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
2. someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
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shiver
1. a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
2. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
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beggar
1. a pauper who lives by begging
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downer
1. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
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slicer
1. a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)
2. a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade
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denier
1. a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
2. any of various former European coins of different denominations
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mouser
1. a cat proficient at mousing
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duster
1. a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
2. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
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signer
1. someone who can use sign language to communicate
2. someone who signs and is bound by a document
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plover
1. any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
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shaper
1. a person who makes things
2. a machine tool for shaping metal or wood
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gander
1. mature male goose
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lifter
1. an athlete who lifts barbells
2. a thief who steals goods that are in a store
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grocer
1. a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
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uproar
1. a state of commotion and noise and confusion
2. loud confused noise from many sources
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passer
1. a person who passes by casually or by chance
2. a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
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stoker
1. a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
2. a mechanical device for stoking a furnace
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lodger
1. a tenant in someone's house
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neuter
1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
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murmur
1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
2. a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
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cotter
1. a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
2. a medieval English villein
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bugger
1. someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
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stover
1. the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
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jammer
1. a transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming
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beater
1. a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
2. an implement for beating
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lieder
1. a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
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hauler
1. a haulage contractor
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abuser
1. someone who abuses
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talker
1. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
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beaker
1. a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry
2. a cup (usually without a handle)
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quiver
1. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
2. a shaky motion
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wetter
1. a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
2. a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
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sliver
1. a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
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bummer
1. an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing
2. a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
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howler
1. a joke that seems extremely funny
2. monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
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ambler
1. someone who walks at a leisurely pace
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wether
1. male sheep especially a castrated one
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mutter
1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
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pusher
1. one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
2. an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
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pauper
1. a person who is very poor
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petter
1. a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one
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heifer
1. young cow
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puller
1. someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
2. someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
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candor
1. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
2. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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holler
1. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
2. a small valley between mountains
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cypher
1. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
2. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
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earner
1. someone who earn wages in return for their labor
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camber
1. a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
2. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
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dumper
1. truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
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zapper
1. an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents
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romper
1. a person who romps or frolics
2. a one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers
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canter
1. a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
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glazer
1. someone who cuts flat glass to size
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backer
1. someone who provides financial support for some venture
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boxcar
1. a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
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cinder
1. a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
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planer
1. a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
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hugger
1. a person who hugs
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shiner
1. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
2. something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
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tether
1. restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
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fervor
1. feelings of great warmth and intensity
2. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
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reefer
1. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
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rooter
1. an enthusiastic devotee of sports
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nailer
1. a worker who attaches something by nailing it
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tartar
1. a salt used especially in baking powder
2. a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
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herder
1. someone who drives a herd
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vigour
1. forceful exertion
2. active strength of body or mind
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taster
1. someone who samples food or drink for its quality
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nutter
1. a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
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larder
1. a supply of food especially for a household
2. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
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feller
1. a person who fells trees
2. a boy or man
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boater
1. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
2. someone who drives or rides in a boat
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loafer
1. person who does no work
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dipper
1. a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
2. small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
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prater
1. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
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looper
1. small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
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peeler
1. a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
2. a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
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geyser
1. a spring that discharges hot water and steam
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canker
1. a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
2. an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
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captor
1. a person who captures and holds people or animals
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girder
1. a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
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whaler
1. a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
2. a ship engaged in whale fishing
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zoster
1. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
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pecker
1. obscene terms for penis
2. bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
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minter
1. a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
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rapier
1. a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
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banger
1. (British informal) pork sausage
2. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
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ardour
1. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
2. intense feeling of love
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venter
1. a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
2. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
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hatter
1. someone who makes and sells hats
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gainer
1. a person who gains weight
2. a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)
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minder
1. someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors
2. a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
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orator
1. a person who delivers a speech or oration
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bursar
1. the treasurer at a college or university
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stator
1. mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves
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geezer
1. a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
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falter
1. the act of pausing uncertainly
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styler
1. someone who cuts or beautifies hair
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savour
1. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
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punter
1. someone who propels a boat with a pole
2. (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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leaner
1. (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
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tipper
1. a person who leaves a tip
2. truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
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rafter
1. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
2. someone who travels by raft
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lather
1. the froth produced by soaps or detergents
2. agitation resulting from active worry
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scaler
1. an electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually
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beeper
1. an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
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dormer
1. a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
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valour
1. the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
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graver
1. a tool used by an engraver
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teeter
1. a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
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isomer
1. a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
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lector
1. someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
2. a public lecturer at certain universities
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salwar
1. a pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez)
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wester
1. wind that blows from west to east
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tourer
1. someone who travels for pleasure
2. large open car seating four with folding top
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wanker
1. terms of abuse for a masturbator
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patter
1. plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
2. a quick succession of light rapid sounds
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puffer
1. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
2. any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
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rouser
1. someone who rouses others from sleep
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tagger
1. someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
2. someone who appends or joins one thing to another
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gusher
1. an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary
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conger
1. large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
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grater
1. utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese)
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rigour
1. the quality of being valid and rigorous
2. something hard to endure
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clamor
1. a loud harsh or strident noise
2. loud and persistent outcry from many people
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arbour
1. a framework that supports climbing plants
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gilder
1. someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt
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fester
1. a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
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sinker
1. a small ring-shaped friedcake
2. a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
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vizier
1. a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
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mugger
1. a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
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leaver
1. someone who leaves
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tapper
1. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
2. a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly
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suitor
1. a man who courts a woman
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stupor
1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
2. marginal consciousness
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ouster
1. a person who ousts or supplants someone else
2. a wrongful dispossession
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aether
1. a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
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nipper
1. a young person of either sex
2. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
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bagger
1. a workman employed to pack things into containers
2. a machine for putting objects or substances into bags
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rigger
1. someone who rigs ships
2. a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
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framer
1. someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
2. someone who writes a new law or plan
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skewer
1. a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
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looker
1. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
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pucker
1. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
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stater
1. any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
2. a resident of a particular state or group of states
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monger
1. someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
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pinner
1. a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on
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vesper
1. a late afternoon or evening worship service
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carper
1. someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way
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gaffer
1. an elderly man
2. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
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fetter
1. a shackle for the ankles or feet
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vender
1. someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
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dither
1. an excited state of agitation
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polder
1. low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands)
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conker
1. the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
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hooter
1. informal terms for the nose
2. a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
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jailer
1. someone who guards prisoners
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flexor
1. a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
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kipper
1. salted and smoked herring
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ureter
1. either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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birder
1. a person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats
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nester
1. someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
2. a bird that has built (or is building) a nest
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hearer
1. someone who listens attentively
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jobber
1. someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
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reamer
1. a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
2. a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes
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boozer
1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
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signor
1. used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately
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booger
1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
2. dried nasal mucus
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shofar
1. an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions
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goiter
1. abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet
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waster
1. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
2. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
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cooter
1. large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico
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pander
1. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
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welter
1. a confused multitude of things
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valuer
1. someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions
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zinger
1. a striking or amusing or caustic remark
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dander
1. small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
2. a feeling of anger and animosity
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sirdar
1. an important person in India
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kilter
1. in working order
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glamor
1. alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
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madder
1. Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
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instar
1. an insect or other arthropod between molts
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kisser
1. someone who kisses
2. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
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colter
1. a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil
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soaker
1. a heavy rain
2. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
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limber
1. a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
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tenner
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
2. a United States bill worth 10 dollars
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darter
1. fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
2. a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
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rusher
1. (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
2. someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory
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loaner
1. someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
2. a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair
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pooler
1. someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all
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mummer
1. an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
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telfer
1. one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage
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curler
1. a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
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fencer
1. someone skilled at fencing
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sharer
1. someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
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purser
1. an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
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warder
1. a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
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roofer
1. a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs
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tinder
1. material for starting a fire
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lasher
1. a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip
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roamer
1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
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louver
1. one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
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menhir
1. a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France
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porker
1. a pig fattened to provide meat
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bicker
1. a quarrel about petty points
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faller
1. a person who fells trees
2. a person who falls
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anther
1. the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk
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rammer
1. a tool for driving something with force
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goober
1. pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
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gaiter
1. a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
2. a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides
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pruner
1. a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
2. a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
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yarder
1. (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards
2. a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
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docker
1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
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comber
1. a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
2. a long curling sea wave
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serger
1. a sewing machine that overcasts the raw edges of a fabric with a V-shaped stitch
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dauber
1. an unskilled painter
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midair
1. some point in the air; above ground level
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rancor
1. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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masher
1. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
2. a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes)
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plater
1. a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)
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6-Letter Nouns Ending With R