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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. A card for sending messages by post without an envelope.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
16. A city of Sudan.
17. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
18. 1 species.
20. English monk and scholar (672-735).
21. Used of a single unit or thing.
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
28. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
32. A New England state.
34. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
35. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
36. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
38. A port city in southwestern Iran.
41. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
42. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
45. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
46. An optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
53. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
56. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
58. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
62. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
70. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
71. Affect with wonder.
73. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
74. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
77. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
78. Being one more than nine.
79. A person appointed or elected to represent others v 1.
80. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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1. Fearless and daring.
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
3. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
4. The grasses.
5. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
6. A state in north central United States.
7. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct liquids or gases.
8. Perversely irritable.
9. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
10. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
11. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
14. Offering little or no hope.
19. Wood of a larch tree.
23. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
24. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
27. Wanted intensely.
29. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
33. Relating to or located near a tibia.
37. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
39. Not in a state of sleep.
40. Greek mythology.
43. A Hindu prince or king in India.
44. The highest level or degree attainable.
47. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
48. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
50. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
51. A victim who is murdered.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
57. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
61. Complacently or inanely foolish.
63. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
64. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
65. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
66. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
67. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
68. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
69. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
72. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
75. A public promotion of some product or service.
76. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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