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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Marked by great carelessness.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. The second largest of Jupiter's satellites.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
20. A humorous anecdote or remark.
21. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
23. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
26. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
27. American dramatist (1928- ).
29. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
31. Being nine more than forty.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
35. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
39. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
41. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
44. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
46. A woman of refinement.
48. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
49. The sign language used in the United States.
51. (Roman mythology) The Roman god of doorways and passages.
54. Largest crested screamer.
56. Not one of the first three in a race or competition.
57. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
60. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
61. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
65. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
67. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
68. Black tropical American cuckoo.
73. Of or relating to a wedding.
75. Thin and fit.
77. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
78. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
79. Of or relating to semiotics.
81. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
82. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
83. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
84. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
2. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
3. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
4. French playwright (1791-1861).
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
7. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
8. The site of an archeological exploration.
9. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
10. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
11. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
12. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
13. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
14. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
19. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
22. (Irish) Goddess.
25. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
30. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
32. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
34. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
36. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
37. Cause to become awake or conscious.
38. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
40. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
42. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
43. Of or relating to the hands.
47. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
50. An informal term for a father.
52. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
53. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
55. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
58. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
59. Dried grape.
62. Found along western Atlantic coast.
63. United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962).
66. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
69. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
70. Absent without permission.
71. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
72. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
74. Of southern Europe.
76. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
80. A form of address for a man.
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