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ACROSS
1. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock
exchange.
4. An orange-red crystalline compound used
in making red pigments and in dyeing. 12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
15. Seed of a pea plant.
16. Being within reasonable or average limits. 17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18.The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. (Greek mythology) The beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris.
20. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
22. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
24. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that
runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. The location of something surrounded by
other things.
28. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic
element of the alkali metal group.
30. An intricate traditional dance in India
performed by professional dancing girls. 33. An associate degree in applied science. 36.The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod. 38. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
40.Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
42.The compass point midway between
northeast and east.
45. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
46. Emitting or filled with bubbles as from
carbonation or fermentation.
49. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
50. The act of scanning.
52. Make editorial changes (in a text).
53. A sock with a separation for the big toe. 56.The blood group whose red cells carry
both the A and B antigens.
58. The compass point midway between
south and southeast.
59. A region of Malaysia in northeastern
Borneo.
64. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. An amino acid that is found in the central
nervous system.
73. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and
the Ivory Coast.
77. A training program to prepare college
students to be commissioned officers. 78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
81. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
82. A state in the southeastern United States
on the Gulf of Mexico.
83. A potent estrogen used in medicine and
in feed for livestock and poultry.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. A drop of the clear salty saline solution
secreted by the lacrimal glands. 3. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing
trees.
4. A member of the Semitic speaking people
of northern Ethiopia.
5. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
6. In an idle manner.
7. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
8. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
9. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
10. A republic in southern Europe on the
Italian Peninsula.
11. Water scorpions.
12. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting
the hair.
13. A master's degree in library science.
14. Being the only one.
21. Able to be passed or traversed or
crossed.
23. Something causes misery or death.
26. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).
29. A cyst on the underside of the tongue. 31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
32. Group of people related by blood or
marriage.
34. The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates.
35. Form a mental image of something that is
not present or that is not the case.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on
a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A public promotion of some product or
service.
41. A partly sheltered anchorage.
43. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus. 44. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical
America.
47. The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the
alkali earth group.
51. Being ten more than one hundred ninety. 54. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB
gun.
55. A white metallic element that burns with
a brilliant light.
57. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide
series.
61. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
62. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac
or moss capsule.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. A visual representation of an object or
scene or person produced on a surface. 66. Amount of a charge or payment relative
to some basis.
68. Marked by lack of intellectual depth. 70. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
71. indicate by signs.
72. Type genus of the Anatidae.
74. An accountant certified by the state. 75. Goddess of the dead and queen of the
underworld.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made
from aba cloth.
79. Before noon.