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1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. Capable of having having clear evidence of eliminated without trace.
12. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system.
17. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
18. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
19. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
20. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
22. Largest known toad species.
24. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
26. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
27. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax.
32. Boer statesman (1825-1904).
35. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
41. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
45. A Loloish language.
48. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
50. Electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
54. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
56. A seducer who ruins a woman.
57. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
59. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
60. A loose cloak with a hood.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. Convert code into ordinary language.
67. Any loose flowing garment.
69. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
72. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
76. American novelist (1909-1955).
78. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
79. A common cyst of the skin.
82. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
83. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
84. A festival featuring African-American culture.
85. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
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1. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
2. The beach at a seaside resort.
3. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. Disparaging terms for the common people.
6. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
7. Speaking a Slavic language.
8. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
9. (Irish) Goddess.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Most important element.
13. (botany) Especially of leaves.
14. In a coy manner.
21. Flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
29. The money risked on a gamble.
31. Unknown god.
33. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
34. A Hindu prince or king in India.
37. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
42. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
44. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
46. Apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter.
47. Common black European thrush.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Treat or speak of with contempt.
65. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
66. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
68. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
70. God of death.
71. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
73. Of or relating to near the ear.
74. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
75. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
77. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
80. A state in northwestern North America.
81. In operation or operational.
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