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ACROSS
1. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum. 4.The absolute unit of pressure equal to
one dyne per square centimeter.
12. 10 grams.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
17. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
18. Late time of life.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
22. Clear to the mind.
24. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
25. Evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers.
27. Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. A sudden numbing dread.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
33. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
35. By bad luck.
38. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
42. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
46. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130200).
48. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
49. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
50. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people.
54. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
57. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
58. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
61. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
62. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast. 67.The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
71. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
75. A branch of the Tai languages.
76. Wish harm upon.
79. Russian country house.
81. A master's degree in business.
82. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
83. Type genus of the Ascaphidae. 85.Tag the base runner to get him out.
86. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
87. Early-ripening apple popular in the northeastern United States.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Selected as the best.
2. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
3. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
4. A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. A large stringed instrument.
7. A decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game).
8. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. Located in or toward the back or rear. 12.The capital and largest city of
Bangladesh.
13. A means of serving.
14. Small goat antelope with small conical horns.
21. A yellow quartz.
23. Lower in esteem.
26. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
28. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
32. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
34. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A son who has the same first name as his father.
41. Utter impulsively.
43. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
44. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
45. Chief port of Yemen.
47. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing. 52.The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
53. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
55. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
56. A person's brother or sister.
59. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
60. A port city in southwestern Iran.
63. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
64. A woman of refinement.
66. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
68. A genus of Lamnidae.
69. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. Jordan's port.
73. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
74. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees.
77. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
78. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
80.The residue that remains when something is burned.
84. Being one more than one hundred.