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adj 1: of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body [ant: posterior] 2: earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)] n 1: a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" [syn: front tooth, anterior]

n 1: a structure or object that impedes free movement 2: any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" [syn: barrier, roadblock] 3: anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

adj 1: having two nuclei [syn: binucleate, binuclear, binucleated] [ant: mononuclear, mononucleate, trinuclear, trinucleate, trinucleated]

n 1: large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times [syn: brazier, brasier]

n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: carrier, bearer, toter] 2: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business" 3: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier] 4: an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction 5: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages [syn: carrier, common carrier] 6: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal [syn: carrier wave, carrier] 7: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier] 8: a boy who delivers newspapers [syn: carrier, newsboy] 9: (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others [syn: carrier, immune carrier] 10: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like 11: (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring

n 1: someone who works in a coal mine [syn: coal miner, collier, pitman]

n 1: apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material [syn: duplicator, copier]

n 1: a person who carries a message [syn: messenger, courier]

n 1: an attendant at the court of a sovereign

n 1: someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table

n 1: United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888) [syn: Currier, Nathaniel Currier] 2: a craftsman who curries leather for use

n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger]

adv 1: earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier" [syn: earlier, before] 2: comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected" [syn: sooner, earlier] 3: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?" [syn: in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally] adj 1: (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera" [syn: earlier, earliest]

n 1: thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing [syn: excelsior, wood shavings]

adj 1: situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints" [ant: interior] n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior] 2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior]

n 1: a person having a strong liking for something [syn: fancier, enthusiast]

n 1: someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments [syn: cloakmaker, furrier]

n 1: someone who cuts flat glass to size [syn: glass cutter, glass-cutter, glassworker, glazier, glazer]

n 1: a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market

n 1: a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army" [syn: harasser, harrier] 2: a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits 3: hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals

adj 1: improved in health or physical condition [syn: fitter, healthier]

adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant: superior] 2: of low or inferior quality [ant: superior] 3: written or printed below and to one side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior, superscript] 4: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: superior] 5: lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery" 6: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard] n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: higher-up, superior, superordinate] 2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript]

adj 1: situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows" [ant: exterior] 2: inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home(a), interior(a), internal, national] 3: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal] 4: inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth" 5: of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts" [syn: interior, midland, upcountry] n 1: the region that is inside of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside] 2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: inside, interior] [ant: exterior, outside] 3: the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 [syn: Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI]

adj 1: designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree [syn: linear, additive] [ant: nonlinear] 2: of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement" [syn: linear, one- dimensional] [ant: cubic, planar, three-dimensional, two-dimensional] 3: of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier" [syn: analogue, analog, linear] [ant: digital] 4: (of a leaf shape) long and narrow [syn: linear, elongate] 5: measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn: linear, running(a)]

n 1: (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere [syn: meteoroid, meteor] 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 [syn: meteor, shooting star]

adj 1: (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs" [syn: nuclear, atomic] [ant: conventional] 2: of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom; "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear forces" 3: of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell; "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division" 4: constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation"

n 1: a person who lives away from his place of work 2: an extreme deviation from the mean

n 1: a person who directs and manages an organization [syn: overseer, superintendent]

n 1: either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle) 2: a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person 3: set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips

n 1: a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses 2: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" [syn: composition, paper, report, theme] 3: a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast" [syn: newspaper, paper] 4: a medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd" 5: a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers" 6: a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers" [syn: newspaper, paper, newspaper publisher] 7: the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper" [syn: newspaper, paper] v 1: cover with paper; "paper the box" 2: cover with wallpaper [syn: wallpaper, paper]

n 1: a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies

adj 1: located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure [ant: anterior] 2: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a), ulterior, posterior] n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 2: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: back tooth, posterior]

n 1: a tourist who is visiting sights of interest [syn: sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck]

n 1: someone who skis

adj 1: of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" [ant: inferior] 2: of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler" [ant: inferior] 3: (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law" 4: written or printed above and to one side of another character [syn: superscript, superior] [ant: adscript, inferior, subscript] 5: having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit; "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets" [ant: inferior] 6: having a higher rank; "superior officer" [syn: ranking(a), superior, higher-ranking] 7: (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades" n 1: one of greater rank or station or quality [syn: superior, higher-up, superordinate] [ant: inferior] 2: the head of a religious community 3: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor, master, superior] 4: the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Superior, Superior] 5: a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth 6: a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character [syn: superscript, superior] [ant: inferior, subscript]

n 1: a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar; "the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841" [syn: Tangier, Tangiers]

n 1: any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

adj 1: lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell [syn: subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior] 2: beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw 3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a), ulterior, posterior]

n 1: French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637) [syn: Vernier, Paul Vernier] 2: a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale [syn: vernier scale, vernier]

n 1: someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

n 1: thinks about unfortunate things that might happen [syn: worrier, fuss-budget, fusspot, worrywart]

n 1: a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) [syn: Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer] 2: a person who rescues you from harm or danger [syn: savior, saviour, rescuer, deliverer]

n 1: Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552) [syn: Xavier, Saint Francis Xavier]

n 1: manner of acting or controlling yourself [syn: behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings] 2: the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments" [syn: behavior, behaviour] 3: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment] 4: (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation [syn: behavior, behaviour]

n 1: a traveler going on a trip [syn: wayfarer, journeyer]

n 1: Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617) [syn: Napier, John Napier]

adj 1: based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society" [syn: patrilineal, patrilinear]