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Speculator

One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.

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Adventurer 76% connected

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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Gambler 76% connected

One who gambles.

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Thinker 76% connected

One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.

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Venturer 76% connected

One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

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Hedger 76% connected

One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.

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Operator 76% connected

One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

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Scalper 76% connected

One who, or that which, scalps.

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Speculate 74% connected

To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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Speculate 74% connected

To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plunger 92% connected

One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…

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Acute adjective · 78% connection

Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an ac…

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Autophony noun · 78% connection

An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the…

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Backstaff noun · 78% connection

An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so call…

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Close verb · 78% connection

Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.

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Contemplatist noun · 78% connection

A contemplator.

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Culmination noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

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Distinguisher noun · 78% connection

One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer.

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Doppler effect noun · 78% connection

change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other

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Doppler shift noun · 78% connection

change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other

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Eclipse noun · 78% connection

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either b…

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Freethinker noun · 78% connection

One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions…

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Ha noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the righ…

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Heliotrope noun · 78% connection

An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.

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Hour angle noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the righ…

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Hubble law noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from…

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Hubble's law noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the generalization that the speed of recession of distant galaxies (the red shift) is proportional to their distance from…

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Identification noun · 78% connection

the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recogniti…

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