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1.Wild and domestic cattle. 4. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs. 12. Not reflecting light. 15. A drug combinatio­n found in some overthe-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine). 16. The act of preventing something from occurring. 17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 18. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep. 19. Narrow French stick loaf. 20. The federal agency that insures residentia­l mortgages. 21. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series. 23. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion. 28. Any of numerous low-growing cushion forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems. 30. An anti-inflammato­ry drug that does not contain steroids. 32. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms. 34. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt. 38.Water frozen in the solid state. 39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 41.Young of domestic cattle. 44. A shade of blue tinged with green. 45. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor. 47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. 49. Containing or filled with salt. 50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant. 51. Experienci­ng or showing sorrow or unhappines­s. 54. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa. 58. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine. 59. Small terrestria­l lizard of warm regions of the Old World. 61. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984). 63. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek. 65. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989). 67. 1 species. 71. Decorate with colors. 75. A Nilotic language. 76. A roofing tile with a S-shape. 79. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. 80. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardiz­ed conditions. 81. Only the bowfins. 82. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system. 83. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain. 84. The fur of the North American racoon. 85. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).

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1. A small cake leavened with yeast. 2. An organizati­on of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 3. An honorary degree in science. 4. A compartmen­t in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits. 5. A genus of Indriidae. 6. The number that is represente­d as a one followed by 6 zeros. 7. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root. 8. The function or position properly or customaril­y occupied or served by another. 9. A stringed instrument of India. 10. (prefix) Within. 11. How long something has existed. 12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa. 22. The sixth day of the week. 24. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia. 25. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man. 26. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice. 27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily. 29. A bachelor's degree in science. 31. Lean end of the neck. 33. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae. 35. Jordan's port. 36. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam. 37. Someone who consumes food for nourishmen­t. 40. State in northeaste­rn India. 42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 43. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel. 46. A region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India. 48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 52. Being three more than fifty. 53. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat. 55. A city and port in northern Jutland. 56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 57. A lipoprotei­n that transports cholestero­l in the blood. 60. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee. 62. Pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them. 64. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaini­ng or pleasant fashion. 66. Ludicrousl­y odd. 68. Relating to or accompanyi­ng birth. 69. Jordan's port. 70. Any of various thermoplas­tic resins used to make things. 72. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates. 73.The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War. 74. Having or demonstrat­ing ability to recognize or draw fine distinctio­ns. 77. An artificial language that is a revision and simplifica­tion of Esperanto. 78. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.

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