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White tern

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Sarapul (Russia)

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Brown noddy

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plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

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Wirl

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screening panel (desk, etc.); modesty board

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heddle; heald; part of a loom, a wire or cord with an eye, through which the warp threads are threaded

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Yuu

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mortice; mortise

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streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)

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blackening the face

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tacking

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head sea

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fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

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tempeh (Indonesian dish made from fermented soy beans)

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Ursa Minor (constellation); the Lesser Bear

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rough grindstone

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Navigation Acts (regulations of colonial trade in 17th century England)

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whiteout; overexposure

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coconut water; coconut juice

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the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

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long-range forecast (usu. weather)

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perforation; perforator; prick punch; needle punch

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chronometer

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bad weather

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Port Said (Egypt)

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to remove; to eliminate

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to proceed slowly

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fore-and-aft sail

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Lyra (constellation); the Lyre

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cirrus (cloud)

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ebb and flow

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to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

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whale oil

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setting sail; leaving the shore, dock, etc.

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newly-built ship; new boat

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to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

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wood shavings

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low latitudes; equatorial region

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sextant

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hydroelectric plant or power station

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to dye in different colors (colours)

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Aquila (constellation); the Eagle

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to shade; to graduate; to tint; to put on stage makeup; to make up (one's face)

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Scorpio (constellation); the Scorpion

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teardrop-shaped

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taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

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transverse wave; beam sea

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sea gauge; draft; draught

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cumulus clouds

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