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1. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
4. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
11. Informal terms for a mother.
15. An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.
16. A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute).
17. Slightly open.
18. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
19. (ecology) The process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
20. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
21. A contorted facial expression.
23. A light touch or stroke.
25. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
26. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
28. A crime syndicate in the United States.
29. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
31. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
34. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
36. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
40. Type genus of the Laridae.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
45. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
46. A Russian river.
48. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
50. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
53. Send out rays or waves.
55. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
58. To come or go into.
59. One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage.
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
67. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
76. A cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair.
78. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
79. A doctor's degree in education.
80. An airplane that can land on or take off from water.
81. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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1. Rum cut with water.
2. A blind god.
3. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
4. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. Born free of free parents.
7. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
8. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
9. State in northeastern India.
10. An honorary degree in science.
11. Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks.
12. A genus of Platalea.
13. A master's degree in library science.
14. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
22. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
24. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
27. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
30. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold.
32. Leave voluntarily.
33. Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
35. At surface level.
37. A genus of Pyralidae.
38. Covered with beads of liquid.
39. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
41. A plain plinth that supports a wall.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
52. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
54. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
56. A medium for oil-paints.
57. Of or relating to a wedding.
60. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
61. Before noon.
63. In bed.
64. With no effort to conceal.
66. Stalk of a moss capsule.
68. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
72. A city in north central Morocco.
73. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
74. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
77. In operation or operational.
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