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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
11. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
15. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
16. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
17. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
18. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
19. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
20. Covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants).
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas.
23. 1/10 gram.
24. British politician (1788-1850).
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
29. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. A Hindu prince or king in India.
35. An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma.
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
39. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
43. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. Taken or to be taken at random.
48. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
49. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
51. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
54. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
56. Having winglike extensions.
57. A genus of Mustelidae.
58. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
64. A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth.
68. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
72. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
76. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
81. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
82. City in central Iran.
83. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Singing jazz.
4. Narrow platform.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.
7. A container.
8. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
9. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
12. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
13. A desert in southern Israel.
14. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
22. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
27. The airforce of Great Britain.
28. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
30. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
31. Give a spanking to.
34. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
36. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
41. Informal terms for money.
42. Make uniform.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
50. A city in northwestern Somalia.
52. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
53. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
55. A domain in which something is dominant.
59. An enclosed space.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein.
65. English essayist (1775-1834).
66. Having been read.
67. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
69. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
70. Capital of Vanuatu.
71. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
73. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
74. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
79. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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