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1. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
4. A metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century.
12. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
15. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
17. How long something has existed.
18. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
19. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
20. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
26. United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911).
28. A state in northwestern North America.
29. Leafless East Indian vine.
30. Widely known and esteemed.
33. 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.
37. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
42. Undergo resorption.
44. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
50. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
52. Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926).
54. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
56. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
58. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. Act (a role) with great restraint.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
66. Being nine more than ninety.
67. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
68. Any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears.
72. French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878).
76. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
77. Italian violinist (1782-1840).
80. The cry made by sheep.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
82. Occurring or existing before birth.
83. A container.
84. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
85. In an insane manner.
86. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. A very large person.
3. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
6. Stopping short and refusing to go on.
7. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
8. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
9. Someone who expresses in language.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
12. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
13. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
14. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
21. Squash bugs.
23. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
27. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
31. An awkward stupid person.
32. A light touch or stroke.
34. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
35. A river in southeastern France.
36. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
38. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
39. All the animal life in a particular region.
40. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
41. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
43. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
45. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
51. A member of a religious order living in common.
53. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
55. The act of scanning.
57. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
61. In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side.
63. In an unnatural eery manner.
65. Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504).
69. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
71. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
73. A French abbot.
74. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
75. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. (British) Your grandmother.
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