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herd

A group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.
A number of wild animals of one species that remain together as a group.

A large number of people; a crowd.
The multitude of common people regarded as a mass.
 

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HDTV

= A television*system that has more*than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail
 

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hence

= (used*to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact, reason or as a result

"the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"
 

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ether

Any of a class of organic compounds in which two hydrocarbon groups are linked by an oxygen atom.

A volatile, highly flammable liquid, C2H5OC2H5, derived from the distillation of ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid and used as a reagent and solvent. It was formerly used as an anesthetic. Also called diethyl ether, ethyl ether.

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The regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; the heavens.

The element believed in ancient and medieval civilizations to fill all space above the sphere of the moon and to compose the stars and planets.

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An all-pervading, infinitely elastic, massless medium formerly postulated as the medium of propagation of electromagnetic waves.
 

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eruption

= The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material

= of volcanos) pouring*out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
 

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tent

A portable shelter, as of canvas, stretched over a supporting framework of poles with ropes and pegs.
Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline.
 

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attach

To fasten, secure, or join.
To connect as an adjunct or associated condition or part: Many major issues are attached to this legislation.
To affix or append; add.
To ascribe or assign: attached no significance to the threat.
To bind by emotional ties, as of affection or loyalty: I am attached to my family.
To assign (personnel) to a military unit on a temporary basis.

Law
To seize (persons or property) by legal writ.

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haste

Rapidity of action or motion.
Overeagerness to act.
Rash or headlong action; precipitateness.
 

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:)dough

A soft, thick mixture of dry ingredients, such as flour or meal, and liquid, such as water, that is kneaded, shaped, and baked, especially as bread or pastry.

A pasty mass similar to this mixture.

Slang Money.
 

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(Better no countries/cities, please - that´s already a game of its own;))

dart

A slender, pointed missile, often having tail fins, thrown by hand, shot from a blowgun, or expelled by an exploding bomb.
An object likened to a slender, pointed missile either in shape, use, or effect.
The stinger of an insect.

darts (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
Games A game in which small, slender, pointed missiles are thrown at a target.
A sudden, rapid movement.

A tapered tuck sewn to adjust the fit of a garment.
 

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dating

= Use of chemical*analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens

= A form of regular romantic courtship between two individuals
 

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digestion

= The process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical*action or heat

= The organic*process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
 

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nudge

To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.
To come close to; near: "The temperature was nudging 105 degrees in the shade"
 

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feyness

being fey
(= magical, fairylike, visionary, clairvoyant, under a spell)

(Scots: fey =
Fated to die soon.
Full of the sense of approaching death.)
 
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