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1. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
4. Cause to be bitter or resentful.
12. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint.
20. Being six more than fifty.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. Strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear.
26. Remove the clip from.
29. A large number or amount.
30. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
32. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
33. Free from dirt or impurities.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. A small island.
42. Someone whose employment involves carrying something.
44. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. An accountant certified by the state.
47. 16 ounces.
48. A lyric poet.
49. Take control of.
52. God of war and sky.
53. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
54. Portuguese man-of-war.
56. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
57. A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.
60. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
62. Offering little or no hope.
64. Lower in esteem.
66. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
69. An unusually small individual.
71. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
74. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
77. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
81. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
82. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
83. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
2. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
3. Found along western Atlantic coast.
4. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
5. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
6. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
7. A state in New England.
8. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
9. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
10. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
11. 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.
12. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
13. Armor plate that protects the chest.
14. South African term for `boss'.
19. Large drinking vessel with one handle.
21. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela.
25. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
27. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
28. Causing irritation or annoyance.
31. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
34. An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy.
35. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
37. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
39. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
43. The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka.
46. Indicating the most important performer or role.
50. Shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight.
51. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
55. State in northeastern India.
58. A port city in southwestern Iran.
59. Considerate and solicitous care.
61. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
63. To some (great or small) extent.
65. Minor or subordinate.
67. Not in action or at work.
68. Type genus of the Ranidae.
70. Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns.
72. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
73. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
75. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Before noon.
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