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| 1 | A child in a rich, important family. | s#ÆÃn | scion |
| 2 | An unrhymed Japanese three-line, seventeen-syllable poem that refers in some way to a season. | h#ÆkÁ | haiku
also, believe it or not: haikai and hokku |
| 3 | Sheer stiffened fabric used to make tutus. | tÁl | tulle |
| 4 | A chemical secreted by an animal to attract the opposite sex. A philter produced by one’s own body. | ferÆÃ m$nÅ | pheromone |
| 5 | An interjection used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed. | gà zÂntÆh#t | gesundheit |
| 6 | To recover from sickness, return to health, gather strength, recuperate. | konÅvà lesÆ | convalesce |
| 7 | Shafts, tubes, or pipes for conveying smoke up a chimney. | flÁz | flues |
| 8 | A card game using two decks of cards with the two through the eight removed from both. Also, the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds together. | p"Ænuk Ãl | pinochle
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| 9 | The Japanese art of paper folding. An origami representation—such as a flower or bird. | ôrÅi gäÆm" | origami
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| 10 | A species of Central American bird, the tail of the male of which is long, green, and beautiful beyond belief. The main unit of Guatemalan currency. | ket sälÆ | quetzal
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| 11 | The liver of specially fattened geese, served as a delicacy in the form of a pâté. | fwä gräÆ | foie gras |
| 12 | A coating of frost on cold objects, or, as in the Divine Comedy, a field, mistaken for snow by the shepherd whose sheep are at the point of starvation. But when he looks out again he sees green pasture—and out the sheep go. | r#m | rime |
| 13 | The tide with the lowest high-water level, occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon. | n"p t#d | neap tide |
| 14 | One of the twelve war-maidens who hover on horseback over battlefields and select slain warriors to conduct to Valhalla. | val k"rÆ" | valkyrie
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| 15 | An Italian dessert with liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake. | tirÅÃ m"ÆsÁ | tiramisu |