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ambulances
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital
shibuya
A surname from Japanese
jehoshaphat
The fourth Judean King after King Solomon and also the son of King Asa
pluteus
The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms
pantisocracy
A utopian social system in which every member participates equally in government
propoganda
Misspelling of propaganda. [(as a neutral word dated) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing.
arguement
Misspelling of argument. [(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition
cerement
Cerecloth
fieldfare
A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia
knur
A knurl
undermanned
Insufficiently manned
short-handed
Alternative form of shorthanded. [Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.]
short-staffed
Not having sufficient members of staff
attractions
The tendency to attract
dowitcher
Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the.