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1. A sudden abrupt pull.
4. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. The sign language used in the United States.
16. Five-toed pachyderm.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. Australian moundbird.
20. Any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
22. Press or grind with a crunching noise.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
32. God of death.
33. Jordan's port.
37. A large fleet.
40. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
42. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
44. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
45. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
46. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
49. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
50. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
52. (in Scotland) A child.
53. Lower in esteem.
55. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion.
63. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
65. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
68. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
71. Type genus of the Desmodontidae.
73. Fiddler crabs.
75. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
76. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
77. Danish chemist who devised the pH scale (1868-1939).
79. A light touch or stroke.
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
81. So scary as to cause chills and shudders.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. A person who makes use of a thing.
3. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
4. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
5. Not tense or taut.
6. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
7. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
9. A bar of sand.
10. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
11. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
12. A Loloish language.
13. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
14. Fallow deer.
19. A degenerate neutron star.
23. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
25. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
27. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
28. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
30. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
31. Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
34. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
35. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
36. Having winglike extensions.
38. 1/10 gram.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
47. Make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving.
48. A drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism.
51. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
54. (informal) Exceptionally good.
56. Placed crosswise.
60. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
61. A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.
62. Being derived from.
64. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
66. A progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms.
67. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
72. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
74. One or some or every or all without specification.
78. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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