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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. (India) Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
12. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Sometimes placed in genus Scilla.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. Closed with a lace.
22. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
23. Not invited or requested.
28. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
30. The basic unit of money in China.
32. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
33. A resident of Iowa.
37. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
38. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. Using speech rather than writing.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
48. The cry made by sheep.
50. For fear that.
51. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
54. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
56. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
57. Any object that is left unused or still extant.
59. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities.
64. The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
72. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
73. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
76. Make lighter or brighter.
77. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
78. (British) A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate.
80. The act of scanning.
81. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
82. A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei.
83. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
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1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
2. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
3. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
4. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. A port city in southwestern Iran.
9. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
10. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
11. Based on or having the nature of an illusion.
12. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
13. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
14. A quantity of no importance.
21. Of or being the lowest female voice.
24. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
25. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
26. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
27. The basic unit of money in Iran.
29. An opening into or through something.
31. A lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly v 1.
34. Commodities offered for sale.
35. Inability to walk.
36. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
39. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
43. Lower in esteem.
44. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
45. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
47. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
53. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
55. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
58. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
60. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
63. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
65. Pulled or drawn tight.
66. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
67. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
68. Channel into a new direction.
69. In addition.
70. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
71. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
74. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
75. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
79. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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