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Fallowing	Forestry
Famine	Fossils
Far North	Foundation
Farming	Fragmentary
Federal	French
First Nations	Fuel
Fishing

Fallowing

Leaving land unsown or uncultivated for one or more growing seasons.

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Word of the day

Tar Sands >> A deposit of sand that has petroleum or oil in it.


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