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The famous Staff of Hermes which is used as a symbol of doctors and medics.

A pause in spoken conversation.

To libel or slander someone.

The outer part of a flower.

A hard covering, for example the shell of a tortoise.

A type of light sailboat.

The plural of ‘cathexis,’ which refers to the emotional energy invested in someone or something.

To argue about things that don’t matter; to bicker.

Speed.

A colloquial term for a team at the bottom of a sports league.

Tasting like iron.

Resembling a chameleon.

An open-top bus used for sightseeing.

Of or pertaining to the religious idea of a millennium of peace.

Something that consists of more than one type of genetic material.

Imaginary.

Of or pertaining to the hard substance that makes up the external layer of an insect.

Of or pertaining to the underworld.

Covered in scars.

Hidden or secret.

A type of ancient clock that used the flow of water to measure time.

The bone at the base of the human spine.

Surname.

A niche containing the ashes of people who have been cremated, inside a vault constructed for this purpose.

A chain or succession of things, each of which depends on the one before it.

The other way around.

Stubbornly rebellious.

A small boat made of wicker and oilcloth.

Plural form of ‘cornucopia,’ which refers to a large amount of fruit within a horn-shaped object.

Sparkling or glittering.

Of or pertaining to corvids.

The name given to the leader of the dramatic chorus in Ancient Greek literature.

Linked; sharing a boundary; ending together.

The opposite of cadence, i.e. the inverse of the flow of a piece of music.

Patterns along the top of a wall.

Of or pertaining to twilight.

Twilight.

The most important point of a matter.

Plural of ‘cultus,’ which is another word for ‘cult.’

The state of being cyclic.

Reminiscent of a cyclops.

A guiding star (literal or figurative) or focal point.