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1. An accidental happening.
4. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
12. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities.
17. The fatty flesh of eel.
18. (British) A member of the military police.
20. Unable to move or resist motion.
21. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
22. (prefix) Within.
23. By bad luck.
26. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
28. A fighter who batters the opponent.
31. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
32. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
35. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
37. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
40. (Zen Buddhism) A state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A group of 3 goddesses of destiny.
49. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
50. English monk and scholar (672-735).
53. Used in combination.
56. Wife of Ahab who was king of Israel.
59. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
61. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
63. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
65. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
66. Remove the clip from.
68. A hormone secreted by the pancreas.
73. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
74. Not prepared or vigilant.
77. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
78. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
79. Of or relating to or functioning as a clause.
80. A notable achievement.
81. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
82. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
2. A particular environment or walk of life.
3. Small wooden bat with a flat surface.
4. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
5. Wool of the alpaca.
6. A state in the eastern United States.
7. Type genus of the Amiidae.
8. A male relative.
9. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
10. Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
11. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
12. Bar temporarily.
13. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
14. English essayist (1775-1834).
19. Cause to adhere.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
27. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
33. Capital of Armenia.
34. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
39. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
41. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
44. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
46. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
48. Praise formally and eloquently.
51. A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing.
52. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
55. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
57. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
58. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
60. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
62. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
64. Relating to or near the ulna.
67. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
69. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
70. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. A quantity of no importance.
75. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
76. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
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