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1. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).
5. Down feather of young birds.
12. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
15. In the Roman calendar.
16. Central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children.
17. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
18. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
19. An honorary arts degree.
20. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
21. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
22. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
24. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
27. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
29. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
32. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
35. Wild mango.
39. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
40. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. (British slang) Cafe.
45. A Hindu prince or king in India.
46. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
48. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
50. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
53. A Kachinic language.
55. An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.
58. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
59. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
61. Two items of the same kind.
62. First in order of importance.
65. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
69. Tallest living quadruped.
72. Given or having a specified name.
74. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
75. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
78. A small cake leavened with yeast.
79. The month following April and preceding June.
82. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
83. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
84. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A desert in southern Israel.
4. A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake).
5. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
6. Being one more than fifty.
7. A state in the western United States.
8. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
9. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
10. A speaker who lisps.
11. Either extremity of something that has length.
12. A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery.
13. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
14. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
23. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
25. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
26. Being two more than fifty.
28. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
30. Not stale or old.
33. A Hindu prince or king in India.
34. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
36. Being one more than seven.
37. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. The highest level or degree attainable.
44. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
47. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
49. A building where prostitutes are available.
51. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
54. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
56. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
57. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
60. A Russian river.
63. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
64. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
66. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
70. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
71. An unofficial association of people or groups.
73. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
76. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
77. A small piece of cloth.
80. Conforming to truth.
81. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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