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1. An imperfection in a device or machine.
5. Decrease in size, extent, or range.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
16. (informal) Very bad.
17. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
18. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
19. Tropical Asian starlings.
20. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
21. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
23. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
25. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
26. Unique or specific to a person or thing or category.
28. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
31. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
33. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
35. (nautical) Of an anchor.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
40. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
43. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
47. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
50. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
51. 1 species.
53. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
55. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
56. A team game that resembles basketball.
57. A bachelor's degree in science.
59. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
60. Of a pale purple color.
62. Wearing or provided with clothing.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
67. American pioneer and hero of the Texas Revolution (1796-1836).
69. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
73. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
76. God of wealth and love.
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
79. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
80. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
83. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
84. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
85. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
2. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
3. A bottomless gulf or pit.
4. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
5. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
6. Genus of powdery mildews.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.
9. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
10. A Mid-Atlantic state.
11. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
12. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
13. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
14. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
22. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
29. Testacean rhizopods.
30. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
32. English writer (1672-1729).
34. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
36. Show a response or a reaction to something.
38. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
39. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
41. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
42. Jordan's port.
44. Having a shell or or containing shell.
45. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. 1 species.
49. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
52. A genus of Ploceidae.
54. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
58. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
61. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
63. A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle).
65. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
66. An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down.
68. The serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese.
70. A sudden short attack.
71. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
74. The residue that remains when something is burned.
75. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
81. An associate degree in nursing.
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