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1. A group of countries in special alliance.
5. French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666).
12. A person active in party politics.
15. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
16. Small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A city of central China.
22. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
24. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
29. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
31. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
32. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
41. Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
43. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
45. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
48. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
49. A branch of the Tai languages.
50. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
51. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
52. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
57. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
58. The brightest star in Virgo.
61. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. An uproarious party.
65. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
67. (Chinese and Japanese) Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.
71. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
75. An enclosed space.
76. A cotton fabric with a satiny finish.
79. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
80. How long something has existed.
81. Oldest known reptiles.
83. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
84. (informal) Roused to anger.
85. A great raja.
86. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
2. Of a pale purple color.
3. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
4. Type genus of the Carangidae.
5. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. A student who studies excessively.
8. A fixed look with eyes open wide v 1.
9. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
10. A state in New England.
11. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
12. United States baseball player.
13. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
14. A Russian river.
21. A deep bow.
23. In the Roman calendar.
25. Composed of or covered with relatively large particles.
28. 16 ounces.
30. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
33. Type genus of the Danaidae.
34. Shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage.
36. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
39. The content of cognition.
40. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
42. City in northwestern Jordan.
44. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
46. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
47. Before noon.
53. The floating wreckage of a ship.
54. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
55. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
56. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
59. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
60. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
63. God of wealth and love.
66. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
69. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
70. A state in the western United States.
72. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
73. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
74. Chief port of Yemen.
77. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
78. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
82. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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