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1. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
4. A meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms.
12. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. The branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells.
17. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
18. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
20. Tie again or anew.
21. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
22. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
23. A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks.
25. The highest level or degree attainable.
27. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
28. The last (12th) month of the year.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
32. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
34. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
43. 1 species.
45. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
47. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
51. Step on it.
53. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
54. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
57. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
61. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
63. Before noon.
64. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
65. Jordan's port.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
72. Very dark black.
75. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
79. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
80. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
81. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug.
82. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
83. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
84. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
85. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. Informal terms for a mother.
2. Work doggedly or persistently.
3. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
4. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
5. Bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye.
6. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
7. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
8. Give a promotion to.
9. Relating to totemism.
10. Armor plate that protects the chest.
11. The seed of the cereal grass.
12. (botany) Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
13. The content of cognition.
14. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
19. A member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
30. Cause to run off the tracks.
33. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
35. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
36. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
38. Indigo bush.
42. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
52. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
55. A French abbot.
58. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
59. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
60. Unknown god.
62. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
66. Informal terms for money.
67. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
69. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
70. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
71. The sixth month of the civil year.
73. Toward the mouth or oral region.
74. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
76. A master's degree in library science.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. The force of workers available.
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