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1. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
4. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
17. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
18. The quantity contained in a keg.
19. Someone employed by a gas company.
20. Asian rat snakes.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
24. A major French river.
25. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
26. A fraudulent business scheme.
28. Material used to daub walls.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. American literary critic and historian (1886-1963).
37. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
42. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
43. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
44. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
46. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
47. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
48. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
51. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. An enclosed space.
54. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
55. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
56. Remove from memory or existence.
59. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
63. Half the width of an em.
64. Set down according to a plan.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
71. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
74. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
77. By bad luck.
78. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
81. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
82. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
83. Indicating the most important performer or role.
84. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
85. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
86. Cause to become alive again.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Remove gas from.
4. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
5. Take away the weapons from.
6. A wound made by cutting.
7. Of or relating to osmosis.
8. The complete duration of something.
9. Bordered by a line of things.
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance.
12. The time during which someone's life continues.
13. The basic unit of money in China.
14. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
21. Excluded from use or mention.
23. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A stringed instrument usually having six strings.
34. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
35. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
36. Someone who snores while sleeping.
38. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
39. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
40. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
41. A resident of Iowa.
45. An associate degree in applied science.
49. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
50. An argument that is conclusive.
52. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
57. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
58. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
65. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
66. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
68. On or toward the lee.
69. The habitation of wild animals.
70. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
72. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
73. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
75. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
76. God of love and erotic desire.
79. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
80. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
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