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noun • personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task • a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose • the body of teachers and administrators at a school • building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration • a rod carried as a symbol • (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written verb • provide with staff • serve on the staff of | ||||
| 44% | 15 | A popular form of word puzzle that typically takes the form of a square or rectangle grid of white- and black-shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words based on given clues. | ||
noun • a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle | ||||
| 32% | 8 | Orchid that requires shaded or partially shaded habitats | ||
noun • any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise | ||||
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