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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. God of wisdom or prophesy.
12. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. With superficial plausibility.
20. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
22. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
24. The twelfth month of the civil year.
25. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
31. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
38. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
41. Being one more than one hundred.
42. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
43. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
48. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
50. An informal term for a father.
52. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
53. A block of absorbent material saturated with ink.
55. Foam or froth on the sea.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
61. Raised above ground level.
65. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
66. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
67. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
75. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
78. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
79. A native American tent.
80. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
81. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
82. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
83. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
84. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. A humorous anecdote or remark.
5. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
6. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
7. One or more recordings issued together.
8. A fundamental principle or practice.
9. One or some or every or all without specification.
10. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
11. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
12. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
21. Consent reluctantly.
23. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. Void of thought or knowledge.
33. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
36. Not enough.
37. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
39. The square of a body of any size of type.
40. A large number or amount.
44. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
45. Greek mythology.
46. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. (botany) Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
51. The organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality.
54. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
56. Morally bad or wrong.
60. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
62. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
63. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
64. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
68. Flowing in drops.
70. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
74. Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness.
76. The bill in a restaurant.
77. Characteristic of a mob.
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