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1. A shape that sags.
4. A noticeable decline in performance.
11. A pustule in an eruptive disease.
15. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
17. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
18. (informal) Roused to anger.
19. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
20. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
21. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
23. A distinguished female operatic singer.
25. The basic unit of money in Peru.
26. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
29. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
31. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
32. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
35. (often plural) A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
38. A French abbot.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
44. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
48. English essayist (1775-1834).
49. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
56. Not in action or at work.
57. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
64. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
66. (of tempo) Fast n 1.
69. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges.
77. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
78. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
79. A manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device.
81. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
82. An informal term for a father.
83. A great raja.
84. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
3. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
4. A person from whom you are descended.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
7. (Welsh) A warrior god.
8. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
9. Having been given flavor (as by seasoning).
10. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. Used of mouth or eyes.
13. An informal conversation.
14. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
22. To fix or set securely or deeply.
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A state in New England.
28. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
30. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
33. One of two alternative forms of a genes that can have the same locus on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits.
34. Chew the fat.
36. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
39. God of wealth and love.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
50. Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds.
52. Something causes misery or death.
54. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
55. An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
58. Organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews).
60. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
62. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
63. A populous province in northeastern China.
65. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
68. Praise, glorify, or honor.
70. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. Set down according to a plan.
72. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
75. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
76. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
80. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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