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The scientific study of water, including how it moves and is distributed on and under the earth.

A chemical reaction in which a compound is broken down by reacting with water.

All the water on, under, and above the surface of the earth, including oceans, rivers, and clouds.

A wild, dog-like animal from Africa and Asia, known for its distinctive laughing call.

The practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean to stay healthy.

Exaggerated language used for effect that is not meant to be taken literally.

A short punctuation mark used to join words or parts of words together.

The act of claiming to have beliefs or standards that your own behavior does not actually match.

A person who claims to have certain moral standards or beliefs but behaves in a way that contradicts them.

The longest side of a right-angled triangle, opposite the right angle.

An idea proposed as a possible explanation for something, put forward before it has actually been tested.

A statistical method used to decide whether there is enough evidence to support or reject a proposed explanation.

Based on a possible situation rather than one that has actually happened.

A coloring technique on maps that uses different shades to show variations in land height.

Used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves.

A rhythm in poetry with five pairs of syllables in each line, where each pair has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.

Water that has frozen solid because it is very cold.

A sweet, cold, creamy food, usually served in a bowl or cone.

A large mass of ice that has broken off a glacier or ice sheet and floats in the sea.

A ship designed to break through ice in frozen waters, or an activity used to help people feel comfortable with each other.

A person who challenges or attacks widely accepted beliefs, traditions, or institutions.

A thought or plan that comes to mind, often as a possible solution or suggestion.

Being the best possible example of something, or perfect for a particular purpose.

The tendency to believe in or pursue high ideals, often without fully accounting for practical difficulties.

To think of someone or something as more perfect than it really is.

Exactly the same in every detail.

An official document that proves who someone is, or the act of recognizing what or who something is.

To recognize or name exactly who or what someone or something is.

The characteristics that make a person or thing who or what they are, or proof of who someone is.

Relating to a set of beliefs or ideas that shape how a person or group thinks about politics, society, or life.

A set of beliefs and ideas, especially about politics or society, that guides how a person or group thinks and acts.

A distinctive habit or way of behaving that is particular to one person.

The worship of idols, or excessive admiration for a person or thing.

Extremely peaceful, beautiful, and happy, like something from a perfect scene.

Introduces a condition that must be true for something else to happen.

Describing rock that forms when melted material from inside the Earth cools and hardens.

Not honorable, showing a lack of moral quality.

A lack of knowledge or information about something.

Lacking knowledge or awareness about something, whether through no fault of one's own or by not caring to learn.

To deliberately not pay attention to someone or something.

A large lizard with a spiny ridge along its back, often found in warm regions.

Not in good health, or, less commonly, bad.

Not allowed by law.

A lack of tolerance or open-mindedness, especially toward other people's opinions or freedoms.

Unable to read or write.

A disease or period of poor health.

To light up a place, or to make something easier to understand.

Seeming real or true but actually false or not what it appears to be.