(in classical mythology) a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle.
The award is named in recognition of the mythological phoenix, a bird that lived five centuries, died and was reborn from its own ashes.

Be more numerous than.
women outnumbered men by three to one

A portable means of illumination such as a piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow or an oil lamp on a pole, sometimes carried ceremonially.
The colourful cloth and the cardboard piece that symbolised the torch of the statue made the model look appealing.

bravery and determination:
[ + to infinitive ] I don’t think I’d have the guts to say that to his face.

Give evidence as a witness in a law court.
he testified against his own commander

Relating to the major groupings into which humankind is sometimes divided on the basis of physical characteristics or shared ancestry.
a racial minority

A tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.

A book giving information such as facts on a particular subject or instructions for operating a machine.
a handbook of poisonous plants

A large, thick, flat piece of stone, concrete, or wood, typically rectangular.
paving slabs

An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
I took an overdose of sleeping pills and ended up in the hospital

One's family or ethnic descent.
his Viking ancestry

An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
exports of food surpluses

Relating to, denoting, or affected with a psychosis.
a psychotic disturbance

A hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material (such as wax or metal) when it cools and hardens.
the smith would pour the molten metal into the shaped mold

A sailor.
the intrepid mariners of yesteryear set out to discover new worlds

a holy table or surface used in religious ceremonies
 a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church)

the long tube in your body through which food passes after it leaves your stomach

Make (secret or new information) known.
they disclosed her name to the press

The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.
the senate must ratify any treaty with a two-thirds majority

Send (goods or services) to another country for sale.
we exported $16 million worth of mussels to Japan