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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
16. Type genus of the Gentianaceae.
17. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
18. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
20. The fourth or lowest deck.
21. Fiddler crabs.
22. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
23. The last (12th) month of the year.
24. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
26. (formal) By means of this.
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
33. A master's degree in business.
35. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
41. Highly excited.
44. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Any of various rich and elaborate cakes.
48. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
54. A language of Australian aborigines.
55. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
56. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
60. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
62. Decreasing in amount or intensity.
65. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
67. Widely known and esteemed.
68. (Babylonian) In older pantheon.
72. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
73. Type genus of the Nepidae.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
80. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
83. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
84. Temporary military shelter.
85. (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea.
86. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. The beach at a seaside resort.
3. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
4. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
5. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
6. Half the width of an em.
7. Boxcar with latticed sides.
8. Term of address for a man.
9. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
10. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
11. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
12. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
13. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
14. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
19. Of or relating to or involving an area.
25. The capital of Morocco.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
34. Advanced in years.
36. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
37. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
38. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
39. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
40. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
42. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
43. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
47. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
49. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
50. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
52. Affirm once again.
57. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
61. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
63. The cry made by sheep.
64. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
66. When two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'.
69. An Eskimo hut.
70. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
71. A thin strip (wood or metal).
74. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
75. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
78. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
82. Being one more than one.
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