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5. (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
6. an advocate or supporter of federalism.
8. a person who supervises others, especially workers.
10. (of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.
11. any of a number of conifers that typically yield fragrant, durable timber, in particular.
12. examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

1. denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
2. a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, consisting of a large circle of megaliths surrounding a smaller circle and four massive trilithons; dating to late Neolithic and early Bronze Age times (c1700–1200 b.c.) and believed to have been connected with a sun cult or used for astronomical observations.
3. a vehicle used for traveling in space.
4. (1) a member of an American Indian people, one of the Five Nations, originally inhabiting parts of eastern New York; (2) the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.
7. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin Hibernia. a large western island of the British Isles. 32,375 sq. mi. (83,850 sq. km).
9. a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone.