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To mark letters, words, or symbols on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar instrument.

The activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper.

Expressed in writing rather than speech.

Not correct or true; incorrect.

Past tense of "write"; marked letters, words, or symbols on a surface in the past.

Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

A musical percussion instrument consisting of wooden bars of graduated length, played by striking with small hammers.

A medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing.

A unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 meters).

Spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing.

To involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom.

The period of approximately 365 days (or 366 in a leap year) during which the earth completes one revolution around the sun.

To have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something lost or unattainable.

Plural of "year"; multiple periods of twelve months.

A microscopic fungus used in baking and brewing due to its ability to ferment.

Of the color between green and orange in the spectrum; the color of ripe lemons or egg yolks.

An informal way of saying "yes"; used to express affirmation or agreement.

Used to give an affirmative response.

Up until the present or a specified time; still (usually with negative or question).

To produce or provide a result, product, or profit.

A Hindu spiritual and physical discipline involving breath control, meditation, and specific bodily postures.

The yellow internal part of an egg, surrounded by the white.

A historic city in northern England, known for its medieval walls and York Minster cathedral.

Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing.

Having lived or existed for only a short time.

Belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing.

Used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject is "you" (reflexive).

The period between childhood and adult age.

Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective.

A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.

Having or showing great energy and enthusiasm for a cause or objective.

An African wild horse with black and white stripes.

A Japanese school of Buddhism emphasizing meditation and intuition.

The point in the sky directly above an observer.

The number 0; the absence of quantity or number.

Great enthusiasm and energy.

A line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns.

A bluish-white metallic chemical element (symbol Zn) used in galvanizing and alloys.

A fastener consisting of two rows of metal or plastic teeth that interlock when closed.

A belt of the heavens within about 8° of the ecliptic, including the apparent positions of the sun, moon, and planets.

A reanimated corpse in folklore and horror fiction, typically portrayed as shambling and mindless.

An area distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic.

A place where wild animals are kept for public display, conservation, and study.

The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.

To move very quickly.

A variety of summer squash with green skin, eaten as a vegetable.