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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. The first month of the year.
12. Range of what one can know or understand.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. Lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A card game for 2 players.
20. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.
21. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
22. A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon.
24. 1/1000 gram.
26. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
29. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
32. Fill with high spirits.
33. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
35. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. Taken dishonestly.
45. Baby bed with high sides.
47. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
50. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
51. Perceive sound.
52. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
53. Lower in esteem.
55. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
57. A Russian river.
59. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
60. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
61. A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
64. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
68. 16 ounces.
69. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
73. A port city in southwestern Iran.
75. Everyone except the clergy.
76. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
77. Small European grebe.
80. A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
81. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
82. A fibrous amphibole.
83. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
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1. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. Lacking excess flesh.
4. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro.
5. Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
8. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
9. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
10. Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet.
11. Noisy talk.
12. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
13. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
14. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
19. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
23. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
25. Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614).
27. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
28. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
30. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.
31. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
34. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
36. Of or relating to alga.
37. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
38. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
41. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
44. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
46. Irish abbess.
48. A state in midwestern United States.
49. An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows.
54. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
56. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
63. A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
65. Very dark black.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. Type genus of the Anatidae.
70. Temporary living quarters.
71. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
72. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
74. Water frozen in the solid state.
78. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
79. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
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