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Perhaps; used to say something might happen or be true.
A upright pole fixed in the ground, or a job position, or, in British English, mail.
To send a letter or package by mail, or to put a message online, or to place someone in a job.
A building where letters and packages are sent, collected, and stamps are sold.
A large printed picture or notice put up on a wall.
Located at or toward the back of something, especially a part of the body.
Happening or given after a person's death.
A person whose job is to deliver letters and packages.
A movement in art, architecture and thought that questions grand universal theories and mixes styles from different periods.
To suggest or assume something as true, especially as a basis for further reasoning, without necessarily proving it.
A round container used for cooking, or for holding plants.
Safe and suitable for drinking.
A starchy vegetable that grows underground and is often boiled, baked, or fried.
A ruler, especially one with great power.
The ability or possibility to develop or succeed in the future, even if not yet fully shown.
The difference in electrical energy per unit charge between two points in a circuit, measured in volts.
The energy stored in an object because of its position or condition, which can be released later.
Possibly, in a way that could happen in the future.
Birds, such as chickens, turkeys, and ducks, that are raised for their meat or eggs.
A unit of weight, or the main unit of currency in the United Kingdom.
To make a liquid flow steadily out of a container.
The state of being extremely poor and lacking the money needed for a basic standard of living.
A dry substance made of very fine particles.
The ability to control people or events, or physical energy or strength.
An equation used to calculate power, typically as the rate at which energy is transferred or work is done.
A legal document that gives one person the authority to make decisions or act on another person's behalf.
Having great strength, force, or influence over others.
Concerned with actual use rather than ideas or theory, or sensible and useful in real situations.
The activity of doing something regularly in order to improve a skill.
Dealing with problems in a sensible, practical way based on real conditions rather than on theory or ideals.
A large area of flat or gently rolling grassland, especially in North America.
An earlier action or decision that is used as an example or guide for later similar cases.
Of great value, either because it is rare or because it is deeply loved.
Water that falls from clouds to the ground, such as rain, snow, or hail.
Exact and accurate, without any vagueness or guesswork.
The act of preventing something from happening or someone from doing something.
Something that happens or exists before another thing, especially when it leads to or influences what comes later.
An animal that hunts and eats other animals to survive.
Living by hunting and killing other animals for food, or behaving in a way that takes unfair advantage of others.
In grammar, the part of a sentence that says something about the subject, usually built around the verb.
To say what you think will happen in the future, based on evidence or experience.
A statement about what someone believes will happen in the future.
More common, powerful, or noticeable than anything else in a group.
To like one thing more than another.
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
Belonging to a time before written records existed.
An unfair opinion about someone formed without enough knowledge or thought, often based on their group rather than who they actually are.
A statement or idea that is assumed to be true and used as the starting point for an argument or story.