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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
12. A cgs unit of work or energy.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. Genus of woody Asiatic vines.
17. The basic unit of money in Romania.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives.
20. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
21. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
23. Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. That is going in.
29. Of or belonging to an aecium.
33. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. Speaking a Slavic language.
35. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
37. A genus of Indriidae.
41. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
43. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
44. Jordan's port.
47. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
48. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
49. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
50. Australian clover fern.
52. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. Knock unconscious or senseless.
58. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
60. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
61. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
62. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections.
66. The force of workers available.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Using speech rather than writing.
73. Deciduous flowering trees and shrubs.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. Costing 10 dollars.
78. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
79. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
80. The sixth month of the civil year.
81. A crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins.
82. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
5. A large piece of something without definite shape.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
8. Either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects.
9. The expensive white fur of the ermine.
10. A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries).
11. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
12. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
13. A proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys.
14. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
22. Act frivolously.
24. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
30. Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres.
31. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
32. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
38. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
39. An expression of greeting.
40. An Eskimo hut.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Slightly open.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bahama Islands or their inhabitants.
51. A Loloish language.
53. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
54. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
56. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
59. Type genus of the Percidae.
63. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
64. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
65. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
67. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
69. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
70. The emotion of hate.
71. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
74. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
75. Used of a single unit or thing.
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