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1. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
4. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
12. The seventh and last day of the week.
15. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
16. Dangerous to yourself or your interests.
17. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
18. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
20. Of or relating to the velum.
22. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
24. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
26. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
28. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
30. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
31. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
35. Improperly forward or bold.
40. Ancient Athenian philosopher.
41. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
45. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
46. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood.
49. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
53. Enduring strength and energy.
54. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
55. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
56. The capital of Bahrain.
58. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
60. A bottomless gulf or pit.
62. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
64. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
65. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
68. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
69. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
72. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
74. A palace and fortress built in Granada by the Moslems in the Middle Ages.
77. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
78. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. A kind of person.
81. An informal term for a father.
82. City in central Iran.
83. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
3. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire.
4. A unit of pressure.
5. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
6. Fourth month of the Revolutionary calendar (December and January).
7. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
8. Giving milk.
9. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
10. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. A city of central China.
13. Advanced in years.
14. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
19. Beads threaded on a string.
21. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
23. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
25. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
27. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
29. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
32. Pulled or drawn tight.
33. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
34. Coffee trees.
36. Channel into a new direction.
37. Hot or warm and humid.
38. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
43. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
44. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
47. Collect or gather.
48. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
50. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
51. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
52. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
57. The capital of Turkey.
59. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
63. Any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe.
66. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
67. A boy or man.
70. Any small compartment.
71. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
73. A partially opened flower.
75. A master's degree in education.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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