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1. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
4. The third month of the civil year.
11. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
15. A state of southwestern India.
16. Board a plane.
17. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery).
18. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
20. Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum.
21. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
22. Genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions.
27. A Russian river.
29. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
36. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
40. An associate degree in applied science.
41. A Spanish river.
42. Someone who supervises (an examination).
44. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
46. Black tropical American cuckoo.
47. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
48. Used of a single unit or thing.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
50. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
52. A city in northeastern Ohio.
54. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
58. Muslim name for God.
60. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
64. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
66. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
70. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
74. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
75. In the Roman calendar.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
80. A bachelor's degree in theology.
81. Treated dishonorably.
83. (British) Your grandmother.
84. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
85. Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
2. Something intended to deceive.
3. Type genus of the Majidae.
4. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
5. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
6. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
7. A coarse obnoxious person.
8. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
10. Left-hand page.
11. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
12. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
13. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
14. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
19. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
23. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
26. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
28. Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages.
30. The basic unit of money in Indonesia.
32. Of or like a cecum.
33. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
35. A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money v 1.
37. A fixed look with eyes open wide v 1.
38. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
39. A particular environment or walk of life.
43. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
45. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
51. Narrow and long and pointed.
53. The eighth month of the Hindu calendar.
57. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
59. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
61. Preserve a dead body.
65. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
73. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
77. X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye.
78. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
82. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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