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Relating to birds.

The activity of flying aircraft, or the industry connected with designing, building, and operating them.

A pear-shaped fruit with tough green skin and soft, pale green flesh around a large seed.

To stay away from something or to prevent something from happening.

To openly admit or declare something, especially a belief or feeling.

Not sleeping.

A prize given for an achievement.

Knowing that something exists or is happening.

Knowledge or understanding that something exists or is happening.

At a distance from a place or person, or moving in that direction.

Extremely impressive or, informally, very good.

Very bad or unpleasant.

Causing embarrassment or discomfort, or not moving in a smooth, graceful way.

A tool with a heavy blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood.

A statement accepted as true without needing proof, used as a starting point for reasoning.

So obviously true that it needs no proof, or simply accepted as a starting point.

An imaginary straight line around which an object rotates, or a fixed line of reference used in a graph.

A large monkey with a long snout, found in Africa and Arabia, that lives in groups.

A very young child, usually one still unable to walk or talk.

The rear part of something, or the part of the body opposite the chest.

To produce the opposite result from what was intended, usually a bad one.

The part of a picture or scene furthest from the viewer, or a person's past experiences.

Low-level radiation that is always present in the environment, from natural and sometimes artificial sources.

A strong, usually negative, reaction by a large number of people against a decision or event.

A bag with straps, worn on the back and used to carry books or belongings.

To go back the way you came, or to reverse an earlier statement or decision.

Toward the back, or in the opposite of the usual direction.

Thin strips of salted or smoked meat cut from a pig, usually fried.

Very small living organisms, some of which can cause disease.

A virus that infects and reproduces inside bacteria.

Not good, of low quality, or unpleasant.

A small object worn to show identity, achievement, or membership in a group.

A grey, burrowing mammal with a black and white striped face, active mostly at night.

In a way that is not good, or to a great degree.

A sport in which players use rackets to hit a shuttlecock back and forth over a net.

So confusing that it's hard to understand or explain.

A container made of fabric, plastic, or paper, used for carrying things.

To cook food, especially bread or cakes, using dry heat in an oven.

A person who makes and sells bread, cakes, and other baked goods.

A shop where bread, cakes, and pastries are made and sold.

A steady state in which weight or forces are evenly spread, or an even mix between different things.

Having different parts or elements kept in a stable, even proportion.

A chemical equation in which the number of atoms of each element is equal on both sides.

A platform that sticks out from the wall of a building, with a railing, accessible from an upper floor.

To suddenly refuse to do or accept something, often hesitating out of doubt.

To break a country or organization into smaller, often hostile, groups or units.

A round object used in many games and sports.

A slow, romantic or sentimental song, or a poem that tells a story, often about love or adventure.