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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. A submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river.
12. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. Beetles that prey on other insects.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
20. A grant made by a law court.
21. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
24. Alcoholic drink from fermented cider (`cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usage for the fermented beverage).
26. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
27. A rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy.
28. A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical.
31. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
34. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
38. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
42. The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time.
43. A master's degree in library science.
44. Half the width of an em.
45. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
47. Affected manners intended to impress others.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
53. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
54. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
55. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
56. Lower in esteem.
58. Before noon.
59. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
61. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
63. A state in north central United States.
65. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. Attack with teargas.
74. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
77. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
79. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
81. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
82. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
83. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid.
85. A light touch or stroke.
86. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
87. A team game that resembles basketball.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
2. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
3. Divulge information or secrets.
4. A white trivalent metallic element.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
7. Emptying accomplished by draining.
8. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
9. A number that is added to another number (the augend).
10. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).
13. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
14. An informal term for a father.
19. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.
29. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
30. Flat tableland with steep edges.
32. A bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle.
33. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
35. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
36. (astronomy) The reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse.
37. Seed again or anew.
39. Squash bugs.
40. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
41. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
46. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
49. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
51. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
52. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
57. (informal) Exceptionally good.
60. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
62. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
64. An island of central Hawaii.
66. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
68. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
70. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
71. Deeply moved.
72. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
73. A city in northern India.
75. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
76. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
78. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
80. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
84. A state in New England.
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