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an undulating, generally treeless upland with sparse soil
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punt
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a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat with square ends, usually propelled with a pole
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scrape
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a bare place or hollow made by scratching or digging
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scent
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use the olfactory organ in seeeking or tracking prey
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tact
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a keen sense of what to do or say in a difficult or delicate situation in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense; diplomacy
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sneer
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a saying or exclamation that manifests disdain or contempt
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caper
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a capricious or mad escapade, an antic or prank
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inert
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very slow to move or act: lifeless: sluggish
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parentage
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descent from ancestors, heritage
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forestall
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preclude, hinder or prevent by measures taken in advance
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heather
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a common evergreen low-growing shrubby plant
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tiers
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rows, ranks, or layers, usu. arranged one
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alcove
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a recessed part, as a breakfast nook, of a room
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ragwort
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any of several herbs with heads composed of flowers
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torpid
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sluggish in functioning or acting
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scut
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the short, erect tail of an animal, and especially a hare or rabbit
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martin
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a small European swallow
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malice
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revengeful feelings, enmity, ill will
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bilge
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water that collects by seepage or leakage in the bottom of a ship or other vessel
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stagnant
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having undergone physical changes while standing esp. impaired in texture or odor by such changes
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salivate
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produce in the mouth an excessive flow of secretion that helps to lubricate digesting food
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fronds
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fern leaves
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thyme
<TIm> |
a common garden herb using in seasoning and formally used in medicine
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lavatory
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a room with conveniences for washing the hands and face and usually with one or more toilets
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incite
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move to a course of action: stir up: urge on
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mallard
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a common wild duck of the Northern Hemisphere
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pungent
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causing a sharp sensation: pricking: irritating
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menial
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of or relating to work not requiring special skills and demanding the higher intellectual powers
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forage
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wander or rove in search of food
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pliant
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flexible, workable, lithe
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warren
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an area esp. of uncultivated ground for the breeding of rabbits, an area full of rabbits
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respite
<res-pit> |
temporary intermission of labor or of any process or operation
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utilitarian
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characterized by or aiming at usefulness as distinguished from beauty or ornament
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juniper
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an evergreen shrub or tree characterized by low, lateral spreading
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vagabonds
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individuals who wander about from place to place
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flotsam
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1. wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea
2. odds and ends 3. vagrant, drifting people |
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pallid
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lacking in brightness or intensity, pale
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culvert
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a transverse waterway as under a road, railroad, or canal
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fleabane
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any of the various plants of the genus Compositae that are supposed to drive away fleas
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bane
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a fatal injury or ruin, a cause of death, a deathly poison
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baneful
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causing death, destruction harm, or ruin: HARMFUL
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latticed
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furnished with a framework made by crossing thin strips so as to form a network
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malodorous
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having a bad odor
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membranous
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thin, pliable, and often somewhat transparent
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scrupulously
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conscientiously, painstakingly
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cadences
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the modulated and rhythmic recurrences of any sounds, esp. the sounds of nature: ECHOES
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reciprocal
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consisting of or functioning as a return in kind
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cumuli
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massy cloud forms having a flat base and rounded outlines oft. piled up like mountains
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reticence
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restraint in speaking or communicating: RESERVE
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filamentary
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having the characteristics of a long, thin, flexible object
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escarpment
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a steep slope or cliff: PRECIPICE
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opulent
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characterized by wealth or affluence
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rookery
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a breeding ground of gregarious birds or animals, as rooks, penguins, or seals: ALSO, a colony of such animals
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swedes
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rutabagas
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lichen
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any of numerous complex plants that are made up of an algae and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on various solid surfaces
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rhubarb
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a plant having large leaves with thick, succulent stems that are often eaten in pies or preserves
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yew
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any of numerous ornamental evergreen shrubs and trees having thick leaves, spirally arranged, a fruit consisting of a fleshy covering enclosing a hard seed, and poisonous juice
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carrion
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the dead flesh of an animal
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lassitude
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a lackadaisical condition of weariness: fatigue
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gossamer
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a fine, filmy substance consisting of fragments of strands of cobweb often seen floating in air on calm days and caught on bushes
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runnels
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rivulets, streamlets
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gorse
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a spiny evergreen shrub, a juniper
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trefoil
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any of the common clovers
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kestrel
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a common small European falcon
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plover
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any of numerous shore inhabiting birds having a short tipped bill and a stout, compact build
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redolent
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conveying an aura, tending to suggest
(often used in conjuction with OF, as in the phrase REDOLENT OF) having or emitting fragrance, AROMATIC |
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stoat
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any of various weasels with a black tipped tail
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myriads
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immense numbers
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riparian
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of, relating to, or living or located on the bank of a watercourse, as a river or stream
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tremolo
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a perceptible, rapid variation of pitch in the voice, esp. in singing
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chrysanthemum
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any plant or flower of a large genus of perennial herbs that are largely distributed in the old world and that are cultivated for their showy, often double, and brightly colored flower heads
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miasma
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1. a vaporous exhalation, as of a marshy region or rotting matter, formerly believed to contain a substance causing disease
2. a thick, vaporous atmosphere or emanation 3. a harmful influence or atmosphere |
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mendicant
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one who begs; esp. one who lives by begging
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flaccid
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yielding to pressure by want of firmness and stiffness: flabby
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stridulate
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to make a shrill, often vibrating noise
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guttural
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being or belonging to a speech sound that is articulated in the throat
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coruscate
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to glean with intermittent flashes: glitter: sparkle
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rhododendron
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any of various plants of a genus with leathery leaves and bell-shaped flowers
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clematis
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a plant of a genus of opposite-leaved, slightly woody vines or erect herbs having elongated styles
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pimpernel
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a common herb having scarlet, white, or purplish flowers that close at the approach of rainy or cloudy weather
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glaucous
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of a pale yellow-green color
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chaffinch
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a common Old World bird often kept as a cage bird and having in the male a reddish breast plumage and a cheerful song
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laburnum
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a plant of a small genus of poisonous shrubs and trees having bright yellow flowers
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patois
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a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
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asphodel
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any of various old world usually perennial herbs that bear their flowers erect
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Compositae
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a very large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees considered to constitute the most highly evolved plants and characterized by florids arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
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susurration
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a whispering sound: murmur
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bivouac
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a camping out for a night
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rowan
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a Eurasian tree with small white flowers, called also a European Mountain Ash
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tormentil
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a yellow-flowered Eurasian herb with a root that contains an astringent and is sometimes used in tanning and dying
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Mustelidae
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a large family of rather small active live carnivorous mammals, including many important furbearers and some destructive predators and varying greatly from the weasel to the wolverine
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myxomatosis
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a severe virus disease of rabbits that is marked by fever and subcutaneous tumors, is transmitted by mosquitoes, and has been used in biological control of rabbits in plague areas
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