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1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).
11. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
17. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
18. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
19. Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.
21. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Lower in esteem.
25. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
26. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
28. That is to say.
33. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter.
36. A pass between mountain peaks.
37. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
40. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
43. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
45. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
46. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground).
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
54. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
56. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
58. A Mid-Atlantic state.
59. An associate degree in applied science.
60. A state in New England.
61. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
64. Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States.
68. Set free as from prison or duty.
73. A rejection of belief.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
77. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
78. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
83. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
84. Yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps.
85. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
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1. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
2. Sour or bitter in taste.
3. Try to prevent.
4. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
5. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
6. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
7. To an excessive degree.
8. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
9. Foul with waste matter.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Jordan's port.
12. Of or in or relating to the nose.
13. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
14. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
20. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
22. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
27. The basic unit of money in Macao.
29. A magic power or magic spell.
30. A city in northwestern Syria.
31. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
32. Mako sharks.
34. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
35. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
38. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
39. The sacred city of Lamaism.
41. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
51. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
53. A resource.
55. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
57. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
62. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
63. The cry made by sheep.
65. Beyond what is natural.
66. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
67. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
69. A very light brown.
70. A socially awkward or tactless act.
71. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
72. The time during which someone's life continues.
74. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
75. The sixth day of the week.
80. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
81. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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