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Avgolemono

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A chicken soup made with egg yolks and lemon juice.

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Bobolink

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A small American songbird that resembles the blackbird.

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3
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Creances

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Fine lines used to leash a hawk during training.

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Dvorak

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A typing keyboard with frequently used letters placed centrally.

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Eisteddfod

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A Welsh competitive festival of the arts especially in singing.

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Firbolg

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An ancient group of people in Ireland.

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Giallolino

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Any of a variety of yellow pigments.

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Hio polloi

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Ordinary people : multitude, masses.

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Inuk

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A member of the Inuit people.

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Jumada

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Either of the two months of the Islamic year.

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Kerril

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An Asiatic sea snake.

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Leberwurst

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Liver sausage.

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Moraine

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A collection of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier.

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Niminy-piminy

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Absurdly nice : ridiculously delicate : finicky.

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Ormolu

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Brass made to imitate gold and used for furniture and other decorative purposes.

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Porwigle

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A tadpole.

17
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Quokka

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A small, stocky wallaby with a reddish-brown coat and a short tail.

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Redingote

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A lightweight woman’s coat that is belted with the front open.

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Svarabhakti

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The introduction of a vowel sound in Sanskrit especially between r or l and a following consonant.

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Tullibee

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A whitefish of central and northern North America.

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Unakite

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An opaque igneous rock flecked with green, black, pink, and white that is used as a gemstone.

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Vexillologist

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A specialist in the study of flags.

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Wensleydale

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A white cheese that is eaten fresh prior to preserving.

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Xyloglyphy

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Wood sculpting that is artistic in nature.

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Yosenabe

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A soup made of vegetables and seafood in broth.

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Zugzwang

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The need to make a move in chess when it is not to one’s advantage.