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1. An informal term for a father.
4. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
11. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
18. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
19. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
20. Capital and largest city of Togo.
21. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
22. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
24. Of or relating to stonemasons or masonry.
26. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
29. Before noon.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
43. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus.
44. (informal) Exceptionally good.
45. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
47. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
51. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
52. Undergoing menstruation.
54. Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).
58. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
59. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
60. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
61. A master's degree in fine arts.
64. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
70. Depressing in character or appearance.
72. Of or relating to or designating narcotics.
76. Common house and field crickets.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
80. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
82. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
83. Large European dormouse.
84. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
85. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
4. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
7. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
8. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
9. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
11. Any of various plants of the genus Phlomis.
12. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
13. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
23. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
25. Of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture.
27. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
31. Large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family.
34. Type genus of family Ulmaceae.
35. (Roman Catholic Church) A devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.
36. Remove the clip from.
37. Black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux.
39. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. On or toward the lee.
42. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
53. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
55. Goddess of fortune.
56. Estimation of the amount of lumber in a log.
57. An Indic language.
62. Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter.
63. Convert ordinary language into code.
66. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
68. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
69. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
71. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
73. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
74. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
75. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
77. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
81. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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