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A strong sense of pride in and loyalty to one's own country, sometimes including the belief that it should be independent or dominant.

Happening or existing across an entire country.

Belonging to a particular place by birth, or originally found in a particular place.

Existing in nature and not made or caused by people.

The frequency at which an object vibrates most easily when disturbed, without any outside force continuing to drive it.

A naturally occurring event, such as an earthquake or flood, that has the potential to cause harm.

A market situation in which it is more efficient for a single company to supply an entire market than for several competing companies to do so, usually because of very high setup costs.

The process by which living things best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on their genes.

An artistic or literary style that aims to portray life exactly as it really is, without idealizing it, or the philosophical view that everything can be explained by natural causes alone.

The legal process by which a person becomes a citizen of a country they weren't born in.

As would be expected; in a way that is normal or unforced.

The physical world, including plants, animals, and landscapes, as opposed to things made by people.

Behaving badly or disobediently, especially describing a child.

A sick feeling in the stomach that often makes a person want to vomit.

The small mark or hollow in the middle of the stomach, left after birth.

To find your way to a place, especially using a map, instruments, or careful judgment.

The skill or process of planning and following a route, especially at sea, in the air, or on a road.

A satellite that transmits signals used by receivers on the ground to calculate their precise location.

A very dark shade of blue.

Close to something in distance.

Almost, but not completely or exactly.

Tidy and arranged carefully, without mess.

A huge cloud of gas and dust in space, often visible as a glowing patch in the night sky.

Vague, unclear, or lacking a definite shape or form.

As a certain or expected result; used to say something must be true.

Needed in order to achieve something or for a situation to be possible.

Something that is absolutely needed, or the state of being required.

The part of your body that connects your head to your shoulders.

A piece of jewelry worn around the neck.

To require something because it is necessary.

A thin, pointed tool used for sewing or, in a different form, for giving injections.

Wicked or criminal, especially describing an activity or plan.

To make something have no effect, or to deny that something is true.

Expressing disapproval, harm, or the absence of something positive.

A process in which a change in a system triggers a response that works to reverse or counteract that change, keeping the system stable.

A failure to give someone or something the care or attention they need.

Failing to take proper care over something you are responsible for.

To discuss something with another person in order to reach an agreement.

Discussion aimed at reaching an agreement between two or more sides.

To make the loud, high-pitched sound typical of a horse.

A person who lives close to you, often next door.

An area within a town or city where people live, close to one another.

A person who lives next to or near you.

An area of a town or city where people live, and the community of people there.

Not one and not the other of two things.

Relating to a style, especially in art, architecture, or economics, that revives or is strongly influenced by ideas from ancient Greece and Rome, or by earlier classical theory.

The use of economic, political, or cultural pressure by powerful countries to control or influence less powerful ones, without direct territorial rule.

Relating to the later part of the Stone Age, when humans began farming and using polished stone tools.