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1. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
4. A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.
12. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
15. Of southern Europe.
16. Robber flies.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
19. (in Indian English) The number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros.
20. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
21. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
23. Wife of Balder.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high).
28. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A useful or valuable quality.
32. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
34. Having gaps or spaces.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Draw in by breathing.
46. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
49. The amount a salary is increased.
51. Type genus of the Otariidae.
53. The sign language used in the United States.
54. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
56. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
57. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
60. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
63. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
70. A Hindu prince or king in India.
73. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
74. United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930).
78. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
79. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
80. A genus of Thraupidae.
81. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
82. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
83. Informal terms.
84. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
2. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
3. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
4. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
5. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
6. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
7. Convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations.
8. A violent denunciation.
9. African antelopes.
10. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else.
12. In bed.
13. A woman of refinement.
14. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
22. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. Squash bugs.
36. A decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others.
37. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
39. A farewell remark.
41. A bright green fabric napped to resemble felt.
42. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. The sixth month of the civil year.
47. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. Typical geese.
55. A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine).
58. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
59. Caught in European waters.
64. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
66. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
67. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
68. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
69. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
71. A humorous anecdote or remark.
72. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
75. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. The seventh and last day of the week.
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