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1. A lyric poet.
5. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia
(21,391 feet high).
11. A piece of information about circumstances
that exist or events that have occurred.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. Grammatical number category referring to
two or more items or units.
17. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine
and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin. 18. The state of being decayed or destroyed. 19. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic
Gulf.
20. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
21. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode
and a cadmium anode.
23. (prefix) Coming after.
25. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory
condition.
26. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
28. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
31. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter
of a circle. 33. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus. 34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes
readily.
35. Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees. 38. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. Either extremity of something that has length. 43. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid)
used to treat tuberculosis.
44. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
46. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH. 48. An area of ground used for some particular
purpose (such as building or farming).
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
54. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
56. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal
to about a bushel.
57. A highly unstable radioactive element (the
heaviest of the halogen series).
59. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
60. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture
and patron of scribes and schools.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from
aba cloth.
67. The capital city of Vietnam.
69. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
74. Loose temporary stitches.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a
brilliant light.
77. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but
heavier than beer.
78. Chop cut from a hog.
81. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
82. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
83. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. An outlying farm building for storing grain or
animal feed and housing farm animals.
2. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
3. The German state.
4. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
5. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside. 6. A city in northwestern Syria.
7. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.
8. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of
certain flies.
9. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of
an organism.
11. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in
Turkey).
13. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
14. A metallic tapping sound.
22. An informal term for a father.
24. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
27. A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions.
29. Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar.
30. Of or relating to near the ear.
32. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak). 36. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight
and one. 37. Large scissors with strong blades. 39. The 3rd planet from the sun.
41. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a
skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle
where driver sits.
51. A Russian river.
55. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
58. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and
raisins and almonds.
62. A metal spike with a hole for a rope.
64. A cord fastened around the neck with an
ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
65. In bed.
66. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
68. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
70. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake
Chad.
73. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste
and often allowed to ferment.
75. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
79. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the
disintegration of radium.
80. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.