to level

To aim or face in a particular direction

Direct attention, effort, or criticism toward a target

To try to make someone look bad or get them into trouble

To make quick, unfair critical remarks about someone or their ideas

To speak up to support a person or idea when others criticize it

The most effort you can make

Tell someone the truth about something difficult

Become steady after rising or falling

To make a video game character stronger by gaining experience

To be honest and direct with someone

To completely destroy a building so nothing remains above ground

To make the ground flat for building or planting

Something important that involves senior people in an organization

Better than what is normal or expected

The average height of the sea surface used to measure land height and sea depth

Not very strong and present in small amounts

A position with little power in an organization

A situation where everyone has the same fair chance to succeed

The height of the ground outside or the floor at that height

How high the water surface is compared with the ground or a ship

The least money a person or family needs to buy basic things like food and a home

The knowledge and skills a college or university student should have

How much physical or mental strength a person has at one time

An advanced school exam taken after two years of study, usually at age 18 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

Average prices for goods and services in an economy over time

How loud unwanted background sound is

A fixed amount of power that an electron in an atom can have

Happening close to the ground

Happening high above the ground, often in flying or military actions

A part of an organization that is at a higher position

Relating to code or systems that work close to the parts of a computer

A job or person that is between lower workers and top managers

How lively and active a place or group feels at a time

The smallest level of study that looks at individuals or small groups, not whole systems

The minimum money and goods people need to live, like food and shelter

The amount of fuel left in a tank

A type of computer language that is easy for people to read and write

A price where a falling stock often stops because people start to buy it

How loud unwanted sound is in a place or recording

Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling

Highly radioactive material left after nuclear fuel is used that needs safe storage for a long time

How hard something pushes on each small part of a surface

A level of safety rules and equipment in labs to prevent exposure to dangerous germs

The amount of light a thing gives or reflects

A long straight tool with a small bubble that shows if a surface is flat or upright

A calm and sensible way of thinking in difficult or stressful situations

Relating to the smallest parts of something, often individual people

The height below the ground where the soil is full of water

The measured strength of sound, light, or other waves shown in decibels

The amount of random unwanted change in a signal or data that reduces accuracy

A public exam in the UK for secondary students, now replaced by GCSEs

Air pressure that shows what it would be at sea level

The lowest level of sound, light, or touch that you can notice

A tool with a closed tube and a bubble to check if surfaces like a shelf are flat or upright

A tool that uses water in a clear tube to show surface height

A brain scan that shows brain activity by measuring changes in blood oxygen

Basic safety steps in laboratories for agents that do not usually cause disease in people

A set of lab rules and steps for working with germs that can cause disease but do not spread easily

A set of safety rules for labs that work with germs spread through the air and causing serious disease

The highest safety level for labs that handle very dangerous germs that cause deadly disease and have no vaccine

A short telescope on a rotating base that surveyors use to measure level ground

A hand tool that measures the angle or slope of land

How strong a sound or signal is

A place where a road and train tracks cross at the same level with barriers that close for trains

An extreme and offensive level of rude or dishonest behavior

A very foolish or ignorant attitude that claims to defend freedom

How bad or frustrating a situation is

A funny way to say how bad something is

A calm even way of speaking that does not show strong feeling

A plane or helicopter flying very low above the ground

A process that prepares a hard drive so the computer can store data

A long tool with a bubble that masons use to check that walls and floors are flat

A person who has a rank between junior and senior employees in a job

A process that prepares a disk so a computer's operating system can use it

The lowest point something can reach

A tool with a hanging string and a bubble level to check vertical or horizontal lines

The amount of rain or snow that falls in a place during a period

A small telescope with a bubble level on a rotating mount that measures land height differences

The strength of an electrical connection for sound or data

A measure of how loud a sound is in decibels