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wreckage or goods from a ship lying on the seabed. The goods are sometimes attached to a buoy, etc., to aid recovery.

relating to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.

(among certain tribal peoples) the practice of severing the heads of enemies as trophies or for use in religious ceremonies.

a motor race or a series of races on a closed circuit on different types of road surfaces as dirt, clay or bitumen.

vitamin D2; a fat-soluble, crystalline alcohol, found in milk and fish-liver oils and produced by the activation of ergosterol by ultraviolet irradiation.

a chamber or an apartment through which access is had to a principal apartment.

working or done out of public sight; secret.

the leader of the chorus in the ancient Greek drama.

the lower fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost mast of a ship or barque.

one millionth of a metre.