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1. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
4. Formed like a bacillus.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. Consider as ideal.
17. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
18. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
19. Flesh of a large European flatfish.
20. God of wealth and love.
21. The second largest of Jupiter's satellites.
23. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
24. Extremely pleasing.
25. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
26. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
28. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
32. 1/10 gram.
33. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
43. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
45. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
46. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
47. Unable to relax or be still.
51. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
53. Beet lacking swollen root.
54. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
58. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
64. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
65. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
68. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure.
70. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
72. A tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia.
75. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
76. Being one more than ten.
77. 1 species.
78. The sign language used in the United States.
79. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
82. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
83. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
84. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. The content of cognition.
3. A soft whitish calcite.
4. Capable of wounding.
5. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
6. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
7. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
9. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
10. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
11. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
12. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
13. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
22. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
27. A kind of person.
29. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
31. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious.
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
35. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
36. A large fleet.
38. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
39. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
40. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
42. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
44. Alcoholic drink from fermented cider (`cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usage for the fermented beverage).
48. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
49. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
50. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
52. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
56. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
59. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
62. Squash bugs.
63. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
66. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
67. Type genus of the Soleidae.
69. Type genus of the Ranidae.
71. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
73. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
74. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
80. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
81. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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