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1. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
4. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898).
12. A sharp change in direction.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. Any lichen of the genus Lecanora.
17. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
18. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
19. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
20. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
21. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
23. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. The legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century.
26. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
29. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
30. After noon.
32. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
33. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
37. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
39. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
40. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
42. Gone by.
45. Pearl oysters.
47. The sacred city of Lamaism.
49. 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.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
56. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
58. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
65. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
67. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
71. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
73. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
76. English essayist (1775-1834).
77. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
81. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
82. An informal term for a father.
83. Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
84. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
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1. Informal terms for a mother.
2. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
3. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
4. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
5. The fatty flesh of eel.
6. An ordered reference standard.
7. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
8. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
9. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash.
10. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
11. A housing for a radar antenna.
12. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
13. Rounded like an egg.
14. A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes.
22. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
25. English architect (1746-1813).
27. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
28. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
31. A member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
34. An argument opposed to a proposal.
35. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
36. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
38. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
41. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
43. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
44. Two items of the same kind.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
48. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
50. A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet.
53. A clergyman.
54. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
57. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
59. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
60. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
68. Divulge information or secrets.
69. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
70. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
72. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
74. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
75. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
78. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
79. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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