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1. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
4. Apoapsis in solar orbit.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. Pain during urination.
17. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
18. The ohmic resistance of a conductor.
20. A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate.
21. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
22. The state of being of noble birth.
24. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. An upright that is a member in a door or window frame.
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. 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.
32. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
36. A form of address for a man.
37. In bed.
41. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
42. A genus of Ploceidae.
46. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
47. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
49. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
50. Causing envy.
53. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
55. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
56. Being nine more than ninety.
57. A resident of Alabama.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
63. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
65. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
69. Enchanter's nightshade.
71. Innumerable but many.
73. An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey.
74. City in Sudan.
77. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
78. The longest division of geological time.
79. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
81. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
82. Either extremity of something that has length.
83. The act of entering again.
84. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
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1. Very close and convivial.
2. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
3. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes.
5. A foreboding about what is about to happen.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. At or constituting a border or edge.
8. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
9. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
10. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
11. A negative.
12. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
19. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
28. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. Emptying accomplished by draining.
33. An edict of the Russian tsar.
34. Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
35. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
40. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
43. Mother goddess.
44. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
45. Not agitated.
48. The state of being allied or confederated.
51. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
52. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
60. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized.
62. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago.
64. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
66. Not ever.
67. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
68. Related on the mother's side.
70. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
72. The mother of Jesus.
75. Distant but within sight.
76. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
80. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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