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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. (of the feet of water birds) Having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin.
11. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
15. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. A person who sneezes.
17. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
18. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
20. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
21. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
23. Correction by erasing.
26. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
27. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
28. The act of escaping physically.
31. Of flowers.
34. A genus of Sterninae.
37. An elevated geological formation.
40. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
41. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
42. Make by putting pieces together.
46. An accountant certified by the state.
47. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
49. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
51. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents of their language and culture.
55. Being one more than fifty.
56. A consonant pronounced with aspiration v 1.
58. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
60. Deciduous shrub of North America.
61. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
62. State in northeastern India.
65. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
68. The cry made by sheep.
71. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound.
73. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
76. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
77. Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs.
80. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
82. Remove the hand from.
83. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
3. The month following July and preceding September.
4. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
7. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
8. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
9. Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. Someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost.
12. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
13. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
14. God of fire.
19. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
24. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
25. Not reflecting light.
29. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
30. Any plant of the genus Erica.
32. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
33. Leather covering the toe of a boot or shoe and reinforcing or decorating it.
35. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
36. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
38. Someone who has red hair.
39. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
43. A stringed instrument of India.
44. A small fragment.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. Type genus of the family Tridacnidae.
50. Any of various small biting flies.
53. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
54. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
57. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
59. Remove the bones from (an animal).
63. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
64. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
66. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
67. Characteristic of false pride.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
72. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
74. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. Hairpiece covering the head and made of human or synthetic hair.
78. Not out.
79. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
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