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1. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
4. Mites and ticks.
11. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
15. Seek someone's favor.
16. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968).
17. Absent without permission.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
20. Extremely robust.
21. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
23. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
25. All the animal life in a particular region.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
29. A small hard particle.
36. The last (12th) month of the year.
37. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
39. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
41. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
43. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
50. Baby bed with high sides.
51. A gully that is shallower than a ravine.
52. The status of being acknowledged as a star.
55. Lightweight parka.
57. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
58. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
60. (informal) Roused to anger.
61. The beginning of anything.
64. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
67. Make crunching noises.
70. Convert ordinary language into code.
74. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
76. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
77. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
80. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
81. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
82. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
83. A former French coin of low denomination.
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1. The compass point that is one point north of northwest.
2. A deep prolonged loud noise.
3. The part of a coal seam that is being cut.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy.
6. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
7. Avatar of Vishnu.
8. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
9. Large Indian antelope.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
12. Turned or twisted toward one side.
13. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
14. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
26. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
28. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
30. Make a logical or causal connection.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. A German man.
33. Wild ginger.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
35. No longer frozen solid.
38. The eleventh month of the civil year.
40. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
42. Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase.
44. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An uproarious party.
53. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
54. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
56. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
59. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
62. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
63. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
68. A boy or man.
69. Type genus of the Ranidae.
71. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
72. (Roman mythology) A princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage.
73. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
75. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
78. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
79. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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