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1. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
4. Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheel revolve.
17. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
18. A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.
19. The brightest star in Virgo.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. The month following July and preceding September.
22. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
24. A part of a part.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
30. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
31. Being five more than one hundred.
33. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
37. Of a pale purple color.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. Used of a single unit or thing.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A small pocketknife.
48. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
50. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
54. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
55. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
57. (used of living things especially persons) In an early period of life or development or growth.
59. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
61. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
64. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
67. A state in New England.
68. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
70. A philosopher who specializes in ethics.
75. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
76. An anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase.
79. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
80. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
81. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
82. The bill in a restaurant.
83. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
84. A great raja.
85. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
3. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
4. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
5. More than is needed, desired, or required.
6. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
7. An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus.
8. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
9. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
10. The Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
11. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
12. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
23. Minor or subordinate.
25. A formal expression of praise.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
35. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
36. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
38. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
39. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
40. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
42. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
46. A quantity of no importance.
47. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
49. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
58. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
60. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
62. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
63. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
65. A rich black loam of India.
66. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
69. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
71. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
72. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
73. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
74. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
77. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
78. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
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