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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
11. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
15. An accidental happening.
16. An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients.
17. (Welsh) A warrior god.
18. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
19. An behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.
20. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
21. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
24. A narrow way or road.
25. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
27. Take revenge for a perceived wrong.
30. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
31. Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica.
34. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
36. A small vessel for travel on water.
38. Any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
41. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
47. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
48. An appearance of reflected light.
50. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
52. The seed of the cereal grass.
53. A royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
58. Board a plane.
60. Disposed of as useless.
63. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
64. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
65. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race living in the Volga region in eastern Russia.
69. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
73. Avatar of Vishnu.
74. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side.
77. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
78. Highly excited.
79. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
81. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
82. Female equine animal.
83. The father of your father or mother.
84. Late time of life.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
5. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
6. Type genus of the Amiidae.
7. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
8. Heighten or intensify.
9. (of the more skilled contestants) Selectively arranged in the draw for position a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
12. English essayist (1775-1834).
13. Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae.
14. A person who puts finishing edges on a garment.
22. A genus of Caltha.
26. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
32. A small round piece of linen place under a dish or bowl.
33. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
35. A copy of a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).
37. Enthusiastic approval.
39. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
40. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. To fix or set securely or deeply.
45. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
51. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
54. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
56. (usually plural) A destructive action.
57. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
59. A native or inhabitant of Australia.
61. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
62. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
66. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
67. A blind god.
68. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
70. Having been read.
71. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
72. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
75. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
76. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
80. Informal terms for a mother.
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