| NOUN | state | floater, musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots | spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens |
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| possession | floater | a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) | |
| person | floater, vagrant, drifter, vagabond, clochard | a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | |
| person | floater | an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed | |
| person | floater | a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election | |
| person | floater | a swimmer who floats in the water | |
| object | floater | an object that floats or is capable of floating | |
| communication | floater, floating policy | an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location |
| Sounds | flow'ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens. | |
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| Example | "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision" | |
| Synonyms | musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots | |
| Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
| Spanish | chiribita, miodesopsias, muscae volitantes, musca volitans | |
| Catalan | muscae volitantes, musca volitans, pampallugues | |
| Meaning | A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills). | |
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| Broader | debt instrument, obligation, certificate of indebtedness | A written promise to repay a debt |
| Meaning | A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support. | |
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| Synonyms | vagrant, drifter, vagabond, clochard | |
| Narrower | beachcomber | A vagrant living on a beach |
| sundowner | A tramp who habitually arrives at sundown | |
| tramp, hobo, bum | A disreputable vagrant | |
| Broader | poor person, have-not | A person with few or no possessions |
| wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage | someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | |
| Spanish | vagabundo | |
| Catalan | vagabund | |
| Meaning | An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed. | |
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| Broader | employee | A worker who is hired to perform a job |
| Meaning | A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election. | |
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| Broader | voter, elector | A citizen who has a legal right to vote |
| Meaning | A swimmer who floats in the water. | |
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| Broader | swimmer, natator, bather | A person who travels through the water by swimming |
| Verbs | float | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom |
| Meaning | An object that floats or is capable of floating. | |
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| Narrower | iceberg, berg | A large mass of ice floating at sea |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
| Verbs | float | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom |
| Meaning | An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location. | |
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| Synonym | floating policy | |
| Broader | policy, insurance policy, insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance |
| Spanish | póliza abierta, póliza flotante, seguro flotante | |
| Catalan | pòlissa flotant, pòlissa oberta | |
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