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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
4. (Greek mythology) An Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos.
12. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Founder in 1629 of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665).
17. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
18. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
19. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
20. Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects v 1.
22. God of wealth and love.
24. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
26. A course of conduct.
27. Of or relating to or toward the cheek.
29. Given or having a specified name.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
37. A Loloish language.
39. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
42. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
44. The ending of a series or sequence.
46. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
48. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
49. A (usually rectangular) container.
50. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
53. By bad luck.
55. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion.
56. Having been read.
57. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
60. Elected Vice President and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874).
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. The cry made by sheep.
65. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. Deciduous shrub of North America.
76. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
77. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
78. Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
80. A strong emotion.
81. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
82. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
83. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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1. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
7. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
8. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
9. Not victorious.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.
14. Goddess of fate.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
25. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Dignified manner or conduct.
32. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
34. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
35. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
36. Convert ordinary language into code.
38. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
40. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
41. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
43. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
51. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
52. A large fleet.
54. A town in northern Egypt.
58. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
59. A port city in southwestern Iran.
61. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
63. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
66. Advanced in years.
67. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. Expel, as of gases and odors.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
74. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
75. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
79. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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