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A piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money | |
Any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems | |
A comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations in ridiculous ways | |
A small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptacle from which to drink tea, soup, etc. | |
Any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having flowers | |
The curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food | |
A cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived | |
Any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being folded under the thorax | |
The mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos | |
A plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in cultivation valued for its edible root | |
Any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc. | |
A programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations | |
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A visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface | |
An automobile | |
A silver-white divalent metal, occurring combined in limestone, chalk, gypsum, etc., also composing bone, with atomic number 20 | |
A pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring | |
A domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia and developed in a number of breeds for its flesh, eggs, and feathers | |
A tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears; maize | |
A slight, sharp sound | |
Either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World | |
An outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body | |
A device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory | |
An instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute | |
A fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times | |
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A table or register with the days of each month and week in a year | |
A long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light | |
A closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center | |
To intercept and seize; take and hold (something thrown, falling, etc.) | |
A preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla | |
A boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals | |
A small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica, bred in a number of varieties | |
A sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring | |
The chief cook, especially in a restaurant or hotel, usually responsible for planning menus, ordering foodstuffs, overseeing food preparation, and supervising kitchen staff | |
A solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex | |
A man who herds and tends cattle on a ranch, especially in the western United States, and who traditionally goes about most of his work on horseback | |
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