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1. One millionth of a gram.
4. United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932).
12. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Silverware eating utensils.
17. A tight-fitting headdress.
18. A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement.
20. Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
22. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
25. (British) A restaurant where tea and light meals are available.
26. A state in northwestern North America.
27. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
29. One million periods per second.
30. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
32. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
34. The act of scanning.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
42. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
43. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
46. The month following July and preceding September.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
49. Having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides.
51. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
53. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
54. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
55. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
57. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
59. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
61. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
63. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
65. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
67. Hate coupled with disgust.
71. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
74. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
75. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
79. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
80. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
81. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
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1. A crime syndicate in the United States.
2. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects).
3. An association of criminals.
4. A master's degree in fine arts.
5. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
6. 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.
7. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
8. The compass point midway between south and west.
9. United States sculptor (1860-1936).
10. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
11. Assign a new name to.
12. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
13. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792).
14. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
19. A severe shortage (especially a shortage of food).
21. Someone who escapes.
24. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
28. A major god.
31. A vigorous blow.
33. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
35. Any taillike structure.
36. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
39. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
40. Squash bugs.
41. (Jewish folklore) An artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means.
44. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
45. (archaic) Strict and severe.
47. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the western Dakotas.
50. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
52. A large number or amount.
56. An acknowledgment of appreciation.
58. Feeling a need to see others suffer.
60. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
64. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
66. Not widely known.
68. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
69. A short personal letter.
70. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
72. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
73. (Irish) The sea personified.
77. Half the width of an em.
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