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1. Rate of revolution of a motor.
4. A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever).
12. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika.
20. Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts.
21. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
22. (used of metals) Debased by mixture with an inferior element.
24. A low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof.
26. A state of equilibrium.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
34. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
38. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
40. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
41. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
47. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
48. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Conducive to peace.
55. Capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.).
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. Of southern Europe.
63. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
67. A person who gives a name or names.
69. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
72. A branch of the Tai languages.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. Seeking advancement or recognition.
78. A master's degree in business.
79. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
80. Mix together different elements.
81. Tag the base runner to get him out.
82. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
83. Pose a threat to.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
2. United States feminist (1885-1977).
3. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
4. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
5. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
6. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
7. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
8. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. Fly very close to the ground.
10. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
11. Chief port of Yemen.
12. A Spanish river.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A cruel and brutal fellow.
23. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
25. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
31. Lower in esteem.
33. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
35. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
37. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
39. Minor or subordinate.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
46. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
49. Related on the mother's side.
50. Draw someone's attention away from something.
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
54. An accountant certified by the state.
56. A state in New England.
57. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
58. By bad luck.
61. Arrived at without due care or effort.
62. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
64. A genus of Lamnidae.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Jordan's port.
68. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
70. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
71. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
75. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
76. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
77. Being one more than nine.
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