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1. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
4. A genus of Fasciolidae.
12. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
15. An electrically charged particle.
16. Used of idealized country life.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. Expectorated matter.
20. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
23. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
25. A genus of Ploceidae.
27. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
29. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
37. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
39. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
42. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. The petals of a flower collectively forming an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
48. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
51. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
52. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
53. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
55. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
57. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
63. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
64. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
66. Cause to be embarrassed.
68. In addition.
71. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
74. Disparaging terms for the common people.
76. Type genus of the Gavidae.
79. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
80. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
81. A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.
83. A light touch or stroke.
84. The force of workers available.
85. A deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
2. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
3. Unusually short.
4. All the animal life in a particular region.
5. A large fleet.
6. A white trivalent metallic element.
7. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
8. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
9. Treated with oil.
10. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826).
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. The closing section of a musical composition.
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
19. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
24. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
26. Fallow deer.
28. Unknown god.
30. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
31. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
34. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
35. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
36. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
38. All the plant life in a particular region.
40. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
41. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
44. A person who practices masturbation.
45. Being eight more than fifty.
49. Foot pain.
50. By bad luck.
54. (informal) Exceptionally good.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. Lower in esteem.
62. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
69. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
70. Rounded like an egg.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
75. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
77. A strong emotion.
78. A port in southwestern Scotland.
82. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
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