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One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
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A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
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April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
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A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
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Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.
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An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
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Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
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A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
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The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.
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A bud.
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The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
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The clitoris.
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The center (bullseye) of the house.
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The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
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A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
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The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
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A person who acts as a decoy.
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A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
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A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
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A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
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A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
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A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
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A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
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A unit of length equal to 1/12 inch.
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The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
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In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
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The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
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The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
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A button man; a professional assassin.
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The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
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In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.