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1. Considerate and solicitous care.
4. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
12. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
15. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
16. Extremely poisonous or injurious.
17. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
18. A German city near Leipzig.
20. A form of Japanese poetry.
21. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
22. Of or relating to or denoting numbers.
24. A state in north central United States.
25. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
31. A white trivalent metallic element.
33. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
34. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
36. The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.
40. Relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
44. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
45. Look with amazement.
46. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
47. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
49. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
50. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
51. Like a baby especially in dependence.
54. Grow by addition, as of capital.
56. A fraudulent business scheme.
57. An informal term for a father.
59. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
60. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
61. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
65. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
74. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
75. Sour or bitter in taste.
76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
77. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
80. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
81. Advanced in years.
82. Bound or secured closely.
83. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city.
2. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
3. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
4. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
7. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
8. By bad luck.
9. Sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment.
10. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
11. Lacking motor coordination.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
14. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
19. Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945).
23. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
26. Lacking a visible order or organization.
29. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye.
30. The apical end of the style where pollen is deposited.
32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
35. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
37. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
41. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
42. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
43. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
48. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
52. A green transparent form of beryl.
53. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
55. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
58. The superior of a group of nuns.
62. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
63. A telegram sent abroad.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
67. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
68. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
69. A very light brown.
71. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
72. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
73. A narrow way or road.
78. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
79. A public promotion of some product or service.
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