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1. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
4. Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers.
11. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
15. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
16. Buffalo grass.
17. A Loloish language.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
20. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
24. Of or in or relating to the nose.
26. A form of address for a man.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. The eighth month of the civil year.
33. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
37. A woman gossip.
39. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
41. A person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war.
42. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.
43. (football) Defensive players try to break through the offensive line.
46. A resource.
47. A rapid bustling commotion.
49. Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.
51. A pan used for frying foods.
53. (aeronautics) Designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure.
54. (botany) Especially of plant parts.
56. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
57. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
63. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
66. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
68. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
69. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
72. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
73. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
75. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
76. United States sculptor (born in 1904).
79. The act of scanning.
80. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
81. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. South African term for `boss'.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
6. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
7. Being or relating to or like a chimera.
8. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
9. A male human offspring.
10. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
11. Open to change.
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
13. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
14. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
22. The people of Great Britain.
25. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
27. A small informal restaurant.
29. With considerable certainty.
31. A three-tone Chadic language.
32. The superior of an abbey of monks.
34. Small branch or division of a branch.
35. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
36. Having an owner.
38. An extreme state of adversity.
40. Used of the language of the deaf.
44. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
45. A coarse twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms.
48. A notable achievement.
50. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
52. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
55. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
58. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
59. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
60. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. Waterproofed canvas.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
67. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
70. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
71. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
74. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
77. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
78. A state in midwestern United States.
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