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5. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
7. Surgical removal of the thyroid gland
8. The pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely
10. [archaic] The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
11. Arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture

1. (computing) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
2. A person who gives someone a drubbing
3. In a wary manner
4. Capable of being divided or dissociated
6. Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals
9. Used to indicate the end of an argument, with nothing further to say
12. Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with