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knur
A knurl
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pantisocracy
A utopian social system in which every member participates equally in government
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undermanned
Insufficiently manned
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short-handed
Alternative form of shorthanded. [Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.]
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short-staffed
Not having sufficient members of staff
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attractions
The tendency to attract
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dowitcher
Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the.
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