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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
12. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
15. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
16. Having a sophisticated charm.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. A master's degree in education.
19. A mite of the genus Acarus.
20. An act that exploits or victimizes someone.
22. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
24. A cry of praise or adoration (to God).
26. Any of the languages spoken by the Lapp people and generally assumed to be Uralic languages.
28. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
29. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
32. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Make amends for.
36. An accountant certified by the state.
39. American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806).
44. The income arising from land or other property.
47. Annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. A river in Germany.
51. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
52. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
54. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
57. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
58. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
63. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
65. A state in northwestern North America.
69. The period of time that is happening now.
73. A branch of the Tai languages.
74. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
75. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
79. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
80. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
82. A light touch or stroke.
83. Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment.
84. An important god.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
5. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
6. A master's degree in business.
7. Of or relating to the aorta.
8. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
9. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
10. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
11. A disputant who advocates reform.
12. Intelligence derived from non-communications electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources).
13. Wife of Balder.
14. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
21. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
23. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
27. A tight-fitting headdress.
30. Wear away.
31. A person with myopia.
33. A member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay.
37. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
38. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
40. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
41. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
45. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
56. Lower in esteem.
59. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
61. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
62. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
64. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
66. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. Jordan's port.
70. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. (British) A person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes.
76. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
77. Provided with artificial light.
78. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
81. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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