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  1. What word is a group of musicians and also describes a thin strip for binding?

  2. What word describes a round object and is also a formal dance?

  3. What word describes the sound a dog makes,tree covering and also a sailboat?

  4. What word means the land along a river, the place where financial transactions take place and also means a row of things?

  5. What word means to throw water out of a boat, and is also the money paid for release from jail?

  6. What word means the bottom and also means morally low?

  7. What word is a club and also is a flying animal?

  8. What word means hit repeatedly, is the liquid mixture used for cakes, and is also a baseball player?

  9. What word is part of a sea, an aromatic leaf used in cooking, and also is a howl?

  10. What word is a kind of fish, and also describes a low male voice?

  11. What word is a large animal, and also means to support or carry?

  12. What word is a statement of money owed and is also a beak on a bird?

  13. What word means did bite, a small piece, and also is a tool for drilling?

  14. What word means to mark a trail or tree, and also is a fire?

  15. What word means to hit hard and also means to send out a stream of air?

  16. What word means to fool or mislead and also is a steep bank or cliff?

  17. What word is a weight at the end of a line, and also means to move up and down?

  18. What word is the bubbling of hot liquid and is also a red swelling on the skin?

  19. What word is to make a hole, to make weary and also means did bear?

  20. What word means to limit, to spring back and also means on the way?

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