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Waddle and daub construction

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Masonry (333)

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Wage labor

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Labor supply and employment (464)

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Wagers

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Gambling (525)

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Wages

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Wages and salaries (465)

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Wages and salaries

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Wages and salaries (465)

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Wagons (description)

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Vehicles (493)

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Wagons (manufacture)

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Manufacture of vehicles (398)

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Wailing (expression of emotion)

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Drives and emotions (152)

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Wailing (reaction to death)

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Death (760)

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Waitstaff (drinking establishments)

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Drinking establishments (275)

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Waitstaff (food service industry)

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Food service industries (265)

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Waitstaff (night clubs and cabarets)

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Night clubs and cabarets (547)

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Wakes

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Burial practices and funerals (764)

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Walking (age at)

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Development and maturation (856)

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Walking (cultural standards)

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Development and maturation (856)

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Walking (developmental data)

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Ontogenetic data (145)

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Walking (locomotion)

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Locomotion (481)

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Walking (teaching children)

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Transmission of skills (868)

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Walking therapy (for invalids)

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Invalidism (734)

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Walking therapy (for the disabled)

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Disabilities (732)

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Wallpaper

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Building interiors and arrangement (353)

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Wallpaper hanger

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Miscellaneous building trades (338)

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Walls (settlement)

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Settlement patterns (361)

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Walls (stone)

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Masonry (333)

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Wampum (exchange medium)

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Medium of exchange (436)

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Wampum (mnemonic device)

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Mnemonic devices (211)

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War

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War (720)

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War (civil)

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Revolution (669)

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War (economic adjustment to)

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Wartime adjustments (722)

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War (gang)

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Brawls, riots, and banditry (579)

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War (holy)

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Religious intolerance and martyrs (798)

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War (instigation of)

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Instigation of war (721)

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War captives

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Aftermath of combat (727)

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War chief

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Local officials (624)

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War damage (reconstruction)

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Aftermath of combat (727)

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War dancing (after wars)

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Aftermath of combat (727)

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War dancing (dance)

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Dance (535)

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War dancing (during war)

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Warfare (726)

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War logistics

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Logistics (724)

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War paint

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Uniform and accouterment (714)

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War planning

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Strategy (723)

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War powers of the state

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Form and rules of government (642)

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War prisoners

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Aftermath of combat (727)

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War propaganda

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Strategy (723)

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War refugees (after comat)

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Aftermath of combat (727)

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War refugees (in wartime adjustments)

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Wartime adjustments (722)

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War strategy

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Strategy (723)

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War tactics

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Tactics (725)

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War trophies (after combat)

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Aftermath of combat (727)

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War trophies (during war)

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Warfare (726)

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War trophies (instigation to war)

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Instigation of war (721)

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War veterans

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War veterans (729)

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War veterans' benefits

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War veterans (729)

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Wardens (church)

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Congregations (794)

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Wardens (game)

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Food quest (220)

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Wardens (prison)

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Prisons and jails (697)

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Wards (dependent)

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Administration (429)

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Wards (settlement division in a city)

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Cities (633)

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Wards (settlement division in a community)

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Community structure (621)

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Wards (settlement division in a town)

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Towns (632)

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Warehouse receipts (money)

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Medium of exchange (436)

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Warehouses (availability and location)

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Commercial facilities (366)

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Warehouses (description)

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Business structures (347)

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Warehousing

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Warehousing (488)

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Warfare

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Warfare (726)

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Warfare (biological)

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Warfare (726)

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Warfare (guerilla)

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Warfare (726)

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Warfare (psychological)

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Strategy (723)

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Warlocks

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Sorcery (754)

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Warrants (legal)

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Initiation of judicial proceedings (694)

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Warriors (status)

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Military organization (701)

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Wartime adjustments

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Wartime adjustments (722)

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Wartime espionage

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Warfare (726)

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Wartime espionage (auxiliary corps)

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Auxiliary corps (708)

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Wartime espionage (offense against the state)

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Offenses against the state (687)

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Wartime mobilization

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Warfare (726)

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Wartime procurement of supplies

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Logistics (724)

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Wartime regulations

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Wartime adjustments (722)

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Wartime taboos

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Wartime adjustments (722)

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Washing (personal)

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Personal hygiene (515)

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Washing machines (description)

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Household machines and appliances (404)

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Washing machines (manufacture)

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Electrical supplies industry (393)

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Waste (collection and disposal)

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Refuse disposal and sanitary facilities (364)

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Waste materials (recycling)

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Environmental quality (318)

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Watches (block)

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Police (625)

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Watches (time appliance)

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Weighing, measuring, and recording machines (405)

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Water (abstinence from)

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Water and thirst (271)

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Water (drinking)

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Water and thirst (271)

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Water (holy)

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Sacred objects and places (778)

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Water (ideas about)

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Water and thirst (271)

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Water (natural occurrence)

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Topography and geology (133)

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Water (natural resource)

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Water supply (312)

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Water (subsurface occurrence)

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Topography and geology (133)

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Water (subsurface water supply)

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Water supply (312)

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Water and thirst

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Water and thirst (271)

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Water containers

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Utensils (415)

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Water craft (description)

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Boats (501)

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Water craft (navigation)

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Navigation (502)

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Water heaters (appliances)

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Appliances (416)

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Water heaters (building equipment)

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Heating and lighting equipment (354)

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Water pipelines (availability in cities)

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Public utilities (365)

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Water pipelines (water supply)

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Water supply (312)

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Water power

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Water power (376)

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Water purification (environmental quality program)

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Environmental quality (318)

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Water purification (municipal facilities)

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Refuse disposal and sanitary facilities (364)

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Water rights

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Real property (423)

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Water screening

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Archaeological excavation methods (1210)

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Water supply

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Water supply (312)

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Water transport

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Water transport (505)

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Water wells

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Water supply (312)

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Water, air, and space transport

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Water, air, and space transport (500)

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Waterways improvements

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Waterways improvements (503)

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Waterworks

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Water supply (312)

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Wattle and daub

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Architecture (341)

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Waves (ideas about)

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Ethnogeography (823)

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Waves (occurrence)

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Topography and geology (133)

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Wax (animal by-product)

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Animal by-products (237)

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Wealth as a means of gaining status

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Accumulation of wealth (556)

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Weaning and food training

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Weaning and food training (862)

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Weapons

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Weapons (411)

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Weapons (military)

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Ordnance (713)

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Weather

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Climate (132)

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Weather (ideas about)

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Ethnometeorology (821)

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Weather control (magical)

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Magic (789)

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Weather control (scientific)

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Applied science (816)

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Weather stations (applied scientific)

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Applied science (816)

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Weather stations (government supported)

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Research and development (654)

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Weather stations (scientific)

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Sciences and humanities (810)

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Weather vanes

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Appliances (416)

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Weavers (hand)

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Woven and other interworked fabrics (286)

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Weavers (industrial)

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Textile industries (288)

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Weaving

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Woven and other interworked fabrics (286)

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Weaving machinery

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Industrial machinery (402)

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Weaving tools

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Special tools (413)

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Wedding

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Nuptials (585)

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Wedge (general tools)

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General tools (412)

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Wedge (mechanics)

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Mechanics (401)

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Weeping (expression of emotion)

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Drives and emotions (152)

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Weeping (gesture expressing emotion)

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Gestures and signs (201)

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Weeping (ideas about)

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Ethnophysiology (827)

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Weighing machinery (description)

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Weighing, measuring, and recording machines (405)

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Weighing machinery (use)

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Weights and measures (804)

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Weighing, measuring, and recording machines

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Weighing, measuring, and recording machines (405)

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Weight and stature (anthropometry)

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Anthropometry (141)

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Weight lifting (amateur sport)

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Athletic sports (526)

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Weight lifting (professional sport)

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Commercialized sports (542)

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Weight moving

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Weight moving (483)

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Weight-moving machinery

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Weight-moving machinery (406)

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Weight-moving tractors

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Weight-moving machinery (406)

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Weights

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Weights and measures (804)

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Weights and measures

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Weights and measures (804)

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Weir (use in fishing)

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Fishing (226)

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Weir (use in stream control)

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Water supply (312)

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Welding (in building construction)

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Structural steel work (334)

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Welding of metals

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Metallurgy (325)

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Welfare agencies (private)

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Private welfare agencies (747)

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Welfare and health

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Health and welfare (740)

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Welfare and health (ideas about)

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Preventive medicine (751)

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Welfare associations

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Private welfare agencies (747)

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Welfare institutions (private)

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Private welfare agencies (747)

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Welfare institutions (public)

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Public assistance (746)

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Welfare organizations (private)

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Private welfare agencies (747)

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Welfare organizations (public)

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Public welfare (657)

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Wells (gas and oil)

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Oil and gas wells (315)

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Wells (sacred)

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Sacred objects and places (778)

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Wells (water)

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Water supply (312)

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Wereanimals

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Sorcery (754)

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Werewolves

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Sorcery (754)

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Wergild (general sanction)

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Sanctions (681)

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Wergild (sanction used in inter-community feuds)

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Inter-community relations (628)

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Whaling

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Marine hunting (225)

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Wharves

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Port facilities (504)

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Wheat agriculture

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Cereal agriculture (243)

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Wheat in diet

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Diet (262)

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Wheelbarrows (description)

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Vehicles (493)

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Wheelbarrows (use)

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Weight moving (483)

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Wheeler-Kenyon method of archaeological excavation in research for documents in the HRAF collections

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Dating methods in archaeology (1211)

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Wheels

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Mechanics (401)

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Wheels (pottery)

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Ceramic technology (323)

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Wheels (prayer)

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Ritual (788)

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Whips (description)

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Weapons (411)

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Whips (use in animal transport)

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Animal transport (492)

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Whirlpools (ideas about)

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Ethnogeography (823)

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Whirlpools (occurrence)

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Topography and geology (133)

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Whirlwinds (ideas about)

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Ethnometeorology (821)

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Whirlwinds (occurrence)

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Climate (132)

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Whistling

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Special languages (198)

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White collar workers (part of the labor force)

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Labor supply and employment (464)

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White collar workers (type of occupational specialization)

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Occupational specialization (463)

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Wholesale business

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Wholesale marketing (442)

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Wholesale marketing

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Wholesale marketing (442)

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Wholesale outlets (availability and location)

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Commercial facilities (366)

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Wickerwork basketry

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Mats and basketry (285)

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Widows and widowers (dependent care)

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Dependency (736)

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Widows and widowers (readjustments after death of spouse)

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Social readjustments to death (768)

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Widows and widowers (status)

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Celibacy (589)

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Wife capture

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Mode of marriage (583)

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Wife lending

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Extramarital sex relations (837)

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Wife purchase

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Mode of marriage (583)

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Wigs

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Ornament (301)

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Wigwams

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Dwellings (342)

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Wildlife sanctuaries

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Environmental quality (318)

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Will-o'-the-wisp

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Ethnometeorology (821)

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Wills and testaments

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Inheritance (428)

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Winches (description)

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Weight-moving machinery (406)

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Winches (use)

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Weight moving (483)

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Windmills (apparatus for power production)

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Miscellaneous power production (379)

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Windmills (industrial machinery)

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Industrial machinery (402)

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Window boxes

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Building interiors and arrangement (353)

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Window screens

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Heating and lighting equipment (354)

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Windows (architectural features)

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Architecture (341)

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Windows (storm)

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Heating and lighting equipment (354)

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Wine (beverage)

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Alcoholic beverages (273)

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Wine (description)

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Alcoholic beverages (273)

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Wine drinking

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Alcoholic beverages (273)

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Wine making

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Alcoholic beverages (273)

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Wine making industry

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Beverage industries (274)

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Winking (gesture)

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Gestures and signs (201)

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Winking (ideas about)

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Ethnophysiology (827)

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Winking (sexual overture)

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Sexual stimulation (832)

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Wire manufacture

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Hardware manufacture (391)

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Wire thread (hardware manufacture)

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Hardware manufacture (391)

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Wire thread (wire thread manufacture)

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Metallurgy (325)

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Wit as humor

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Humor (522)

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Witch doctors (disease causing)

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Sorcery (754)

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Witch doctors (disease curing)

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Shamans and psychotherapists (756)

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Witch doctors (role in causing illness)

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Sorcery (754)

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Witch doctors (role in curing illness)

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Shamans and psychotherapists (756)

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Witchcraft

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Sorcery (754)

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Witness at a contract signing

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Contracts (675)

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Witness at a trial

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Execution of justice (696)

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Witness at birth

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Childbirth (844)

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Witness at marriage

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Nuptials (585)

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Wizards (magicians)

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Magicians and diviners (791)

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Wizards (witches)

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Sorcery (754)

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Woman

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Gender status (562)

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Women (battered) -- use Battered women

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Ingroup antagonisms (578)

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Women (cloistering)

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Extramarital sex relations (837)

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Women (status)

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Gender status (562)

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Women's liberation movement (gender status)

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Gender status (562)

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Women's liberation movement (political movement)

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Political movements (668)

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Women's liberation movement (techniques)

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Pressure politics (664)

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Women's shelters (description)

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Public structures (344)

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Women's shelters (support)

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Private welfare agencies (747)

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Wood artifacts and technology

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Woodworking (322)

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Woodworking

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Woodworking (322)

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Wool (combing and carding)

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Wool production (236)

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Wool (production)

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Wool production (236)

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Wool production

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Wool production (236)

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Word lists (glossaries)

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Glossary (104)

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Word lists (native terms)

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Ideas about nature and people (820)

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Word lists (vocabulary)

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Vocabulary (192)

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Word taboos

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Avoidance and taboo (784)

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Work

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Labor (460)

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Work bees

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Labor and leisure (461)

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Work groups (cooperative)

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Mutual aid (476)

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Work groups (social)

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Labor and leisure (461)

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Work in bone, horn, and shell

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Bone, horn, and shell technology (321)

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Work in ceramics

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Ceramic technology (323)

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Work in feathers

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Felted and other non-interworked fabrics (287)

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Work in skins

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Work in skins (281)

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Work in stone

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Lithic industries (324)

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Work in wood

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Woodworking (322)

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Workers (classifications)

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Occupational specialization (463)

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Workers (statistics)

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Labor supply and employment (464)

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Workers' Compensation (employee benefit)

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Labor relations (466)

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Workers' Compensation (labor relations)

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Labor relations (466)

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Workers' Compensation (public assistance)

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Public assistance (746)

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Workers' Compensation (public welfare)

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Public welfare (657)

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Workers' Compensation (social insurance)

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Social insurance (745)

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Workers' Compensation (supported by government)

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Public welfare (657)

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Working conditions

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Labor relations (466)

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Working conditions in employment

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Labor relations (466)

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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Public assistance (746)

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World fairs

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Exhibitions (543)

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World view (ethos)

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Ethos (181)

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World view (ideas about the world)

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Ethnosociology (829)

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World Wide Web

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Internet communications (2010)

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Worship of ancestors

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Cult of the dead (769)

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Worship of dead heroes

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Cult of the dead (769)

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Worship of nature (dominant characteristic of religious beliefs)

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General character of religion (771)

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Worship of supernatural beings

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Religious practices (780)

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Wounds (treatment)

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Bodily injuries (752)

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Woven and other interworked fabrics

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Woven and other interworked fabrics (286)

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Woven fabrics (hand woven)

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Woven and other interworked fabrics (286)

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Woven fabrics (industrially woven)

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Textile industries (288)

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Wrapped work basketry

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Mats and basketry (285)

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Wreckers (use in construction)

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Construction (331)

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Wrecks (disasters)

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Disasters (731)

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Wrench

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General tools (412)

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Wrestling (amateur sport)

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Athletic sports (526)

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Wrestling (professional commercialized sport)

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Commercialized sports (542)

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Writer's block

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Personality traits (157)

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Writers (1997 and after)

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Verbal arts (5310)

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Writers (before 1997)

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Literature (538)

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Writing

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Writing (212)

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Writing and printing supplies

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Writing and printing supplies (218)

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Writing implements

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Special tools (413)

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Writing supplies

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Writing and printing supplies (218)

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Writing systems

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Writing (212)

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Writing, creative (1997 and after)

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Verbal arts (5310)

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Writing, creative (before 1997)

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Literature (538)

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Writing, pictographic

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Writing (212)

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Wrong and right (ideas about)

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Ethics (577)

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Wrongs

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Wrongs (673)

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