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- Something used to beautify (plural)
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- Liquid in drinks like beer and wine that adults sometimes have
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- The period of time that is happening now
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- Sounds put together in songs and tunes
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- The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
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- A seasoned mixture placed inside food before cooking.
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- Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
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- An acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse
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- Special day of celebration or time off (plural)
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- Sweet brown treat made from cacao beans
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- The legendary patron saint of children
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- A showy decoration that is basically valueless
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- United States rock star
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- Buying things at stores
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- Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving
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- One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games (plural)
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