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A fundamental truth or proposition serving as a foundation for belief or action.

A building where people are kept as punishment for a crime.

Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group; not shared.

Almost certainly; as far as one knows or can tell.

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with.

Plural of problem; matters or situations regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

A series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end.

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.

The action of making or manufacturing goods.

Relating to or belonging to a profession.

A senior academic holding the highest rank at a university or college.

A planned series of future events or performances.

A planned piece of work or activity that has a particular purpose.

A declaration that one will do something or that something will happen.

A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.

Keep safe from harm or injury.

Demonstrate the truth of something by evidence or argument.

Make available for use; supply.

Of or concerning the people as a whole.

Exert force on someone or something so as to move them toward oneself.

Past tense and past participle of pull.

The reason for which something is done or created.

Exert force on someone or something to move them away from oneself.

Move to or place in a particular position.

The characteristic harsh sound made by a duck.

Each of four parts of a plane divided by two perpendicular lines (axes).

A soft, wet area of ground that gives way underfoot; a bog or marsh.

Attractively unusual or old-fashioned in a charming way.

To shake or tremble, especially from fear or instability.

The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind.

The smallest discrete unit of a physical property, such as energy or matter.

A period of isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.

An angry argument or disagreement.

An open excavation from which stone or other materials are extracted.

A group of four people or things, especially musicians.

A hard mineral consisting of silicon dioxide, occurring in various forms including crystals.

A female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

To satisfy a thirst by drinking.

A long or arduous search for something.

A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.

Plural of question; multiple sentences or issues requiring an answer or response.

A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn.

Moving fast or doing something in a short time.

At a fast speed; rapidly.

Making little or no noise.

Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

A peculiar behavioral trait or habit.

Having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits; unconventional in an appealing way.

To a certain or fairly significant extent or degree.

A short test of knowledge, typically informal.