See dowser on Wiktionary
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"text": "Interestingly enough, John Mullins, the celebrated English dowser, was able to do this experiment using a forked twig, rather than a pendulum. He claimed to be able to locate nothing but water with his dowsing rod.",
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{
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"word": "radiesthesist"
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊzə(ɹ)"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saurí"
},
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
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],
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"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"word": "rabdomant"
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"code": "nl",
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"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "wichelroedeloper"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"word": "kaivonkatsoja"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rhabdomancien"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rhabdomancienne"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "baguettisant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "sourcier"
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"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "radiesthésiste"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabdomante"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rutengänger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rutengängerin"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wünschelrutengänger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wünschelrutengängerin"
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{
"code": "de",
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"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Wünschelrutengeher"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
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"word": "Wünschelrutengeherin"
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"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Rhabdomant"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rhabdomantin"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "ravdoskópos",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ραβδοσκόπος"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"word": "hidroskopo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aimsitheoir uisce"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "collóir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabdomante"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aquilex"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "jalśodhak",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जलशोधक"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "pānāḍī",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पानाडी"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"lang_code": "mr",
"roman": "pānāḍyā",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पानाड्या"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "różdżkarz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "różdżkarka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "radiesteta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "radiestetka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabdomante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vedor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zahorí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabdomante"
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