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1. An informal term for a father.
4. A dictator or dictatorial person.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. An isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time.
17. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
18. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
20. Of silk fabric.
21. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
22. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
24. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
26. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
27. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits.
29. Make off with belongings of others.
32. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
33. Of or relating to bodily fluids.
36. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
38. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
39. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
41. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
44. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
45. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
48. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
49. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
52. Relieve from military service.
54. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
55. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
56. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
59. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
62. Any broad thin expanse or surface.
65. Offering fun and gaiety.
67. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
70. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
73. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
74. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
76. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
78. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
81. Slightly open.
82. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
83. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
84. Not widely known.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
5. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
6. (British) A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
7. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
8. (anatomy) Of or relating to a chiasm.
9. A program that is broadcast again.
10. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
11. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
12. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
13. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
14. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
19. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
23. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
25. A strong emotion.
28. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. Ornamental objects of no great value.
34. Type genus of the Upupidae.
35. New Zealand conifer.
37. A Mid-Atlantic state.
40. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
42. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
47. A rapid bustling commotion.
50. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
51. A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped.
53. A great raja.
57. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
58. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. Of comparatively great physical weight or density.
64. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. An elaborate song for solo voice.
69. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
71. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
72. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
75. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
77. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
79. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
80. Conforming to truth.
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