1. alternating occurring by turns; first one and then the other
  2. Heteranthera dubia grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
  3. alternative birthing a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
  4. sheltered workshop a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population
  5. sweltering excessively hot and humid; marked by sweating and faintness
  6. Phellodendron small genus of aromatic deciduous trees of east Asia often having thick corky bark
  7. adulterating making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
  8. shelter deck upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below
  9. shelter tent a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows
  10. shouldered arch an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture
  11. Lateran Treaty the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state
  12. theater in the round a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage
  13. water under the bridge past events to be put aside
  14. philodendron often grown as a houseplant
  15. western white pine tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
  16. trinitrotoluene explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
  17. child-centered designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information
  18. alternative pleading a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on
  19. eastern woodrat large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
  20. three-hundredth the ordinal number of three hundred in counting order

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