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solarise

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of solarize. [(transitive) To subject to solarization.]

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musteline

More specifically, any member of the mustelid subfamily Mustelinae

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murre

Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks)

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smee

The pintail, wigeon, pochard, or smew

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