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1. On, to, or at the top.
5. Anything of material value or usefulness.
11. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
15. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
16. A city in central Illinois on the Illinois River.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
19. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
23. A port city in southwestern Iran.
25. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
26. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
27. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
29. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
31. Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation.
35. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
37. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
41. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
42. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
43. A person forced to flee from home or country.
45. A formal dance held for a school class toward the end of the academic year.
46. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
47. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis.
54. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
56. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
57. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
59. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
60. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
66. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
69. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
73. Jordan's port.
75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
77. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
84. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
85. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A French abbot.
2. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
3. The ending of a series or sequence.
4. Battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761.
5. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
6. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the moon in ancient mythology.
7. The act of rising upward into the air.
8. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
9. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
10. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
11. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
14. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
22. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
24. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
28. One of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind.
30. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
32. Having strength or power greater than average or expected.
33. A genus of Scolopacidae.
34. (slang) A batch of things that go together.
36. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
40. Type genus of the Amiidae.
44. A formal expression of praise.
48. 1 species.
50. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
52. Humble request for help.
53. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
55. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
58. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
62. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
64. A Loloish language.
65. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
67. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
68. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
70. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
71. In bed.
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. The residue that remains when something is burned.
79. An informal term for a father.
80. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
81. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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