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A prize or honour given for merit or achievement.

The act of officially giving or granting something, such as a prize or contract.

Having knowledge or realisation of something.

Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.

Covered or flooded with water, so that waves wash over the surface.

From this place or position; to or at a distance.

A powerful feeling of respect mixed with wonder or fear.

Filled with a feeling of awe.

Showing no fear at all.

Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring a sense of wonder.

The quality of being awesome; greatness or excellence.

Feeling very impressed and amazed.

Very bad or unpleasant.

Very or extremely.

The fact of being extremely bad or unpleasant.

For a short time.

Causing or feeling embarrassment or discomfort, especially in a social situation.

In a clumsy, uncomfortable, or embarrassed way.

The quality of being awkward; clumsiness or social discomfort.

A small pointed tool used for making holes, especially in leather or wood.

A thin, bristle-like growth found on the seed heads of grasses such as barley and oats.

A sheet of canvas or similar material fixed over a window, door, or deck to give shelter from sun or rain.

Absent without official permission, especially from military duty.

Turned or twisted to one side; crooked or out of the expected position.

An elongated, more emphatic form of "aw", used to express sympathy or affection.

US spelling variant of axe: a tool with a heavy blade and long handle used for chopping wood.

A tool with a heavy blade on one side of the head and a long handle, used for chopping wood.

Cut, cancelled, or dismissed abruptly.

A figure-skating jump in which the skater takes off from the outside edge of one skate, rotates one and a half times (or more) in the air, and lands on the opposite foot.

A surname, often of Ashkenazi Jewish origin.

A man who uses an axe as a tool or weapon.

The armpit; the hollow where the arm meets the shoulder.

A statement accepted as true without proof, used as a starting point from which other results are derived.

So obviously true that it needs no proof.

An imaginary straight line around which something rotates or is arranged symmetrically.

A masculine given name, notably borne by musician Axl Rose.

The rod or shaft that a wheel turns on, or that turns together with a pair of wheels.

The long, thin part of a nerve cell that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.

An exclamation of pain, dismay, or distress.

A dialectal or archaic form of "yes" or "aye."

A South American vine used to make a traditional psychoactive brew, or the brew itself.

A feminine Japanese given name.

A Spanish surname of Basque origin.

A feminine Japanese given name, also used as a surname.

A high-ranking religious leader and scholar in Shia Islam.

Yes (used especially in voting, formal agreement, or nautical/military commands).

An English surname, sometimes derived from the town of Ayr in Scotland.

A feminine given name of Arabic origin, a variant spelling of Aisha.

The letter representing the guttural consonant sound written ع in Arabic and similar letters in other Semitic languages.

(informal) Said when a remark comes across as rude, especially in a sexual way.

A city in Uttar Pradesh, India, revered in Hinduism as the birthplace of the deity Rama.

The name of a town in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3321).

An English surname.

A surname, notably borne by the Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna.

A greeting or farewell that wishes the other person a long life.

A feminine Japanese given name.

(chemistry) A nitrogen atom standing in place of a carbon atom in a ring.

A flowering shrub, a type of rhododendron, prized for its brightly colored blossoms in spring.

A surname of Arabic origin, meaning "shining" or "radiant", found mostly in Pakistan.

(astronomy) The angle, measured along the horizon, between true north and the point directly under an object.

A masculine given name of Arabic origin, meaning "dear" or "beloved".

(dated) Relating to nitrogen, or made up of it.

The angel of death in Islamic and some Christian traditions.

Relating to the Aztecs, the Nahuatl-speaking people who built a powerful empire in central Mexico before the Spanish conquest, or to their language and culture.

A bright blue color, like a clear sky.

A city in Los Angeles County, California.

Not paired with another; single.