A flat thin dull-edged tool used for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting
8
A turtle - used especially of land -dwelling turtles
9
Turning organic matter into stone or a stony substance
12
Possessing a special magnetic charm or appeal
14
A small narrow steep-sided valley that is usually worn down by running water; gorge, gulch
15
A very poor person
19
to echo again or repeat
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The act or action of charming or bewitching
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Tools used to cut, serve and eat food
27
An attitude that something does not matter one way or another
28
Close associates or colleagues
31
Not done with the use of physical force; peaceful
32
Any of various single-and many-celled usually aquatic plant of plantlike organisms that are mostly photosynthetic
33
A medium-sized, short-winged game bird with short legs and neck
37
Left wet and limp by or as if by rain
38
A small shabby house or hut
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A piece of writing that provides a thorough and careful discussion or argument about a subject
40
A burrowing nocturnal mammal with a bony shell shielding its head and body
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Words or phrases meant as insults
Down
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The condition of subjecting to slavery or something like slavery
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A follower of a spiritual way of life
3
To lose the right to something because of an error, fault, offense or crime
4
A small crown
6
Soldiers standing guard
7
The price of or payment for instruction
10
The sovereign or supreme monarch of an extended territory
11
A small bag usually of leather or canvas with a flat bottom and a shoulder strap
13
The hard fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton that when melted forms tallow
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Full of or involving danger
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Enraging, maddening
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The science that applies the properties of matter and energy to create machines and structures
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Difficult
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Of, relating to or featuring horseback riding
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Distinctive
25
A food fish that is often eaten smoked or salted, or preserved as sardines
26
A puppet moved by strings or by hand
29
Of or relating to an artificial device to replace a missing part of the body
30
A forerunner
32
Something that stops the effects of poison
34
Popular music of Jamaican origin that combines indigenous styles with elements of rock and soul music
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Or, relating to or characteristic of birds
36
A figure representing the signs and the symbols of 12 constellations that combine to form an imaginary belt in space
WORD LIST:
ALGAE
ANTIDOTE
ARDUOUS
ARMADILLO
AVIAN
BEDRAGGLED
CHARISMATIC
COMPATRIOTS
CORONET
CUTLERY
EMPEROR
ENCHANTMENT
ENGINEERING
EPITHETS
EQUESTRIAN
FORFEIT
HERRING
HOVEL
INDIFFERENCE
INFURIATING
MARIONETTE
MYSTIC
NONVIOLENT
PARTRIDGE
PAUPER
PECULIAR
PERILOUS
PETRIFYING
PRECURSOR
PROSTHETIC
RAVINE
REGGAE
RENDITION
RESONATE
SATCHEL
SENTRIES
SERVITUDE
SPATULA
SUET
TORTOISE
TREATISE
TUITION
ZODIAC
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