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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. The curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points.
12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
15. A police officer who investigates crimes.
16. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
17. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. A top worn by women.
20. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
22. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
24. Having or caused by an irregular surface.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
30. Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning.
34. Used of a single unit or thing.
37. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
46. Type genus of the Ariidae.
48. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
51. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
52. Web spinners.
54. Before noon.
59. The wife of a sheik.
63. Jordan's port.
65. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
69. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
70. Narcotic consisting of a tincture of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient.
74. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
75. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
76. Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93).
77. The month following February and preceding April.
78. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
79. Shod with sandals.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
5. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
6. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
7. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
8. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
9. Chief port of Yemen.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
12. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
13. A short theatrical episode.
14. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
21. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
27. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
28. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
31. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
32. Brightest star in Centaurus.
33. Squash bugs.
35. Being one more than two.
36. English monk and scholar (672-735).
38. A machine or person that adds.
39. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
41. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. Capital of modern Macedonia.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
50. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
53. A structure in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (as in a bascule bridge).
55. A Mid-Atlantic state.
56. Ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
57. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
58. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
60. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
64. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
66. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
67. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
73. (informal) Roused to anger.
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