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1. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
15. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
16. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
17. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
18. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
19. Minute wingless arthropods.
20. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
21. A tall upright megalith.
23. A light touch or stroke.
24. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
26. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
29. A Russian river.
30. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
37. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
38. Before noon.
41. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
43. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
45. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
46. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
49. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
53. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
56. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
57. A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art.
59. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. A state in northwestern North America.
63. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
66. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
69. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
73. Report or maintain.
75. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
78. A master's degree in business.
79. Fiddler crabs.
80. Of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language.
82. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
83. An audiotape recording of sound.
84. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
2. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
3. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
4. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
5. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
6. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
7. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
8. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
9. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
11. (informal) Exceptionally good.
12. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. The lowest brass wind instrument.
22. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. A populous province in northeastern China.
27. Avatar of Vishnu.
28. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. An unskilled painter.
32. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
33. Loss of the ability to swallow.
34. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
35. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
36. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
39. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
40. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
44. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
47. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
48. 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.
50. A large indefinite number.
54. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
55. A genus of Stromateidae.
58. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
60. Enthusiastic approval.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. Type genus of the Anatidae.
71. Type genus of the Majidae.
72. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
74. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
76. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
77. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
81. A midwestern state in north central United States.
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