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noun

• warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

• the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

• informal terms for a (young) woman

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

verb

• watch and study birds in their natural habitat

53%6 Chess move where the king is moved two squares towards a rook and the rook moves to the square over which the king crossed.
noun

• a place off to the side of an area

• the point where two lines meet or intersect

• an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

• the intersection of two streets

• the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

• a small concavity

• a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

• a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

• a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

• a remote area

• (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

verb

• gain control over

• force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

• turn a corner

53%8 Type of chess move where the king moves two squares towards the rook and the rook moves to the square next to the king
noun

• (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

• United States actor (1914-1998)

• a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

• United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)

• United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)

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