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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| badmintan | a game in which a shuttlecock is hit back and forth over a net by players using light rackets. |
| bryophytic | Any of a division of non flowering green plants comprising the mosses and liverworts. |
| cockle | an edible shellfish with a shell that has two parts and is shaped like a heart. |
| combustible | possible to burn. |
| coordinating | to work or cause to work together smoothly. |
| facet | one of the small surfaces of a cut gem. |
| heirloom | a peice of personal property handed down in a family from one generation to another. |
| hoarse | harsh in sound. |
| Leek | A garden plant grown for its thick stems which taste like a mild onion. |
| Linguistics | The study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and development of language , languages, or a language. |
| Lithium | A soft silver-white element that is the lightest metal known and is used in nuclear reactions and metallurgy. |
| Magneto | A small generator used especially to produce the spark in some gasoline engines. |
| Maximum | The highest value, or greatest amount. |
| Multimedia | Using or composed of more than one form of communication or expression. |
| Prey | An animal hunted or killed by another animal for food. |
| Revelation | An act of showing something. |
| Semaphore | A device for sending signals that can be seen by the receiver. |
| Soviet | One of the representative councils of workers, peasants, or soldiers formed during the Russian revolution. |
| Telephotography | The photography of distant objects used by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope. |
| Weasel | A small slender active animal related to the minks and ferrets that feeds on small birds and animals such as mice. |