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1. A partially opened flower.
4. A game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters.
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
17. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
18. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
22. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
24. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
27. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
29. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
30. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
32. Not having a tail.
34. Any plant of the genus Erica.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.
42. An argument opposed to a proposal.
43. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
47. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
51. Any of several varieties of red-skinned apple.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
56. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
57. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
61. A populous province in northeastern China.
64. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
66. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
67. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
69. (mineralogy) A six-rayed star-shaped figure seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light.
74. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
75. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
78. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
79. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
80. Of or relating to the state of marriage.
81. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
82. Adult female chicken.
83. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
84. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
4. Jordan's port.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
8. Type genus of the Rhamnaceae.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
10. A form of address for a man.
11. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
12. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
13. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
14. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. Having three dimensions.
21. An industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
25. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
26. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.
28. An informal term for a father.
31. (archaic) Very cold.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
35. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
40. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
41. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
44. Heal or recover.
45. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
46. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
52. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
53. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
60. A native of ancient Troy.
62. A song that was formerly popular.
63. A metal spike with a hole for a rope.
65. State in northeastern India.
68. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
70. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
71. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
72. A coarse obnoxious person.
73. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
76. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
77. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
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