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Heather B. (United States of America)
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  1. alloy
    a mixture containing two or more metallic elements
  2. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  3. arrest
    take into custody
  4. august
    profoundly honored
  5. bent
    stooped (used of the back and knees)
  6. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  7. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  8. cardinal
    a vivid red color
  9. color
    a visual attribute of things from the light they emit
  10. damp
    slightly wet
  11. die
    lose all bodily functions necessary to sustain life
  12. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  13. exact
    marked by strict and complete accordance with fact
  14. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  15. flip
    turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
  16. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  17. grouse
    popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs
  18. guy
    an informal term for a youth or man
  19. intimate
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
  20. list
    a database containing an ordered array of items
  21. lumber
    the wood of trees prepared for use as building material
  22. milk
    a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
  23. mince
    cut into small pieces
  24. nice
    pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
  25. obtain
    come into possession of
  26. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  27. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  28. pied
    having sections or patches colored differently and brightly
  29. plastic
    synthetic material that can be molded into objects
  30. prize
    something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
  31. rail
    a horizontal bar, usually of wood or metal
  32. rent
    a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner
  33. quail
    a small game bird
  34. qualify
    prove capable or fit; meet requirements
  35. sap
    a watery fluid that circulates in a plant
  36. scurvy
    a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid
  37. singular
    being a single and separate person or thing
  38. steep
    having a sharp inclination
  39. strut
    walk in a proud, confident way
  40. table
    furniture having a smooth flat top supported by legs
  41. tender
    easy to cut or chew
  42. waffle
    a batter cake baked and pressed between two patterned metal plates
  43. wag
    a movement from side to side
  44. pine
    a coniferous tree
Created on Sat Jan 17 16:11:06 EST 2009

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