bravado, cactus, saddle

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  1. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
  2. cactus
    a succulent and often spiny plant native to arid regions
  3. saddle
    a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
  4. Pueblo
    a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)
  5. sierra
    a range of mountains
  6. Aztec
    a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519
  7. Bourbon
    a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
  8. Amazon
    one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia
  9. Europa
    the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites
  10. Galileo
    Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)
  11. victor
    a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
  12. master
    a person who has authority over others
  13. Cody
    United States showman famous for his Wild West Show
  14. razor
    edge tool used in shaving
  15. gelding
    castrated male horse
  16. stallion
    uncastrated adult male horse
  17. Viking
    any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
  18. NATO
    an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
  19. Pilgrim
    one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
  20. adobe
    sun-dried brick used in hot dry climates
  21. mariner
    a person who serves as a sailor
  22. legend
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
  23. duel
    a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people
  24. paladin
    someone who fights for a cause
  25. KP
    an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
  26. grunt
    issue a low, animal-like noise
  27. falcon
    a diurnal bird of prey
Created on Tue Jan 26 12:40:32 EST 2010

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