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1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. (classical mythology) A serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance.
12. A master's degree in business.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
19. Of good or upper-class lineage.
20. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
24. Webbing clothes moths.
26. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
28. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
29. (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
32. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
40. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
41. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
47. A doctor's degree in education.
48. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. Capital of Armenia.
58. Type genus of the Mugilidae.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
63. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
64. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
67. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
69. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
71. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska.
72. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
75. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
77. Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium.
80. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
81. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
82. Respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
83. A light touch or stroke.
84. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
85. Fastening electrical equipment to earth.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. An old Scottish coin of little value.
5. Used of a single unit or thing.
6. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
7. An Eskimo hut.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
9. One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons.
10. A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material.
11. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
12. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
22. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
25. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. The capital of Lesotho.
31. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
33. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
34. A final climactic stage.
35. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
38. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
39. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
42. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
43. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
45. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
51. Divulge information or secrets.
54. A way of regarding situations or topics etc..
55. A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface).
56. An Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf.
57. (informal) Exceptionally good.
59. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
60. A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.
65. A mug intended for serving beer.
66. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. A French abbot.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
76. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
78. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
79. 10 grams.
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