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1. A castrated tomcat.
4. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism.
11. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
17. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
18. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
23. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
24. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
25. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
27. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
30. A particular environment or walk of life.
33. Pearl oysters.
37. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
38. Highly excited.
41. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
42. Remaining after all deductions.
43. The capital and largest city of Hawaii.
45. Any plant of the genus Erica.
47. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
48. Of a pale purple color.
50. A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River.
51. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
54. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
55. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
60. An informal term for a father.
62. A Russian river.
63. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
66. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
71. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
72. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
76. A fellow female member of a youth gang.
79. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
80. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
81. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
82. A light touch or stroke.
83. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
84. A technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast).
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
2. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
3. Perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves.
4. British informal term.
5. Complacently or inanely foolish.
6. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
7. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
8. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
9. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
12. (informal) Very tired.
13. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
20. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
22. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
29. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
31. A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.
32. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
34. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
35. The Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
36. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
39. A genus of Mustelidae.
40. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
44. The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price.
46. A motley assortment of things.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. A long-playing phonograph record.
56. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
58. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
61. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
64. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
68. A member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast.
69. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
70. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
77. The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.
78. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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