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clarkia
Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas
overarm
Throwing while having the hand above the elbow
bo'sun
Alternative form of bosun
vandyke
A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with.
laban
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
wifty
Eccentric, silly, scatterbrained
solarise
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of solarize. [(transitive) To subject to solarization.]
horrored
Horrified
shaduf
Alternative spelling of shadoof. [An ancient device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted.
vagitus
The crying of a newborn baby
swed
Abbreviation of Sweden. [A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name
marabout
The tomb or shrine of such a person
musteline
More specifically, any member of the mustelid subfamily Mustelinae
murre
Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks)
smee
The pintail, wigeon, pochard, or smew