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saddle
Seat for a rider on the back of an animal, usually a horse. The leather saddle was developed between the 3rd cent. BC and the 1st cent. AD, probably by peoples of the Asian steppes, where the stirrup and the horse collar also originated. The saddle greatly improved a rider's ability to control a moving horse, especially in combat. Improvements made in medieval Europe were related to feudal battles among knights. Modern saddles are mainly divided into two types: the light, flat English or Hungarian style used for sport and recreation, and the sturdy Western style used originally for cattle roping and now also for recreation.
buddleia
Any of more than 100 species of plants constituting the genus Buddleia, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The genus was formerly included in the family Loganiaceae (order Gentianales) but is now placed in the family Buddlejaceae (order Scrophulariales), which includes about 10 genera and more than 150 species. Most species of Buddleia have hairy or scaly leaves and clusters of purple, white, yellow, or orange flowers. Several species are cultivated as garden ornamentals.
riddle
Deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing game that has been a part of the folklore of most cultures from ancient times. Western scholars generally recognize two main kinds of riddle: the descriptive riddle, usually describing an animal, person, plant, or object in an intentionally enigmatic manner (thus an egg is "a little white house without door or window"); and the shrewd or witty question. A classical Greek example of the latter type is "What is the strongest of all things?"--"Love: iron is strong, but the blacksmith is stronger, and love can subdue the blacksmith."
Waldheim
Fourth secretary-general of the United Nations (1972-81). After military service in the German army before and during World War II, he entered the foreign service and served successively as ambassador to Canada (1958-60) and the U.N. (1964-68, 1970-71) and as foreign minister (1968-70). Elected U.N. secretary-general to succeed U Thant, he served two terms, during which he oversaw disaster relief in Bangladesh, Nicaragua, and Guatemala and peacekeeping missions in Cyprus, the Middle East, Angola, and Guinea. Denied a third term, he returned to Austria and ran for president in 1986. His candidacy became controversial when it was learned that he had lied about the nature of his military service and his membership in the Nazi Party. Elected nonetheless, he was diplomatically isolated throughout his term (1986-92).
warbler
Any songbird of almost 350 Old World species (family Sylviidae) or about 120 New World species (family Parulidae, see wood warbler). Old World warblers, found in gardens, woodlands, and marshes, have a slender bill adapted for gleaning insects from ...
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