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1. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
4. Especially of some bacteria.
12. The last (12th) month of the year.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. A shop where shoes are sold.
17. A rapid bustling commotion.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. Pleated or tucked in lines radiating from a circular edge.
20. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
22. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
24. A state in New England.
26. God of the Underworld.
27. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
28. French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989).
31. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. 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.
34. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
35. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A disdainful pouting grimace.
44. Planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork.
46. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
48. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
49. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
51. A French abbot.
53. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
54. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
56. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person.
58. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. A strong emotion.
61. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. Not suitable for food.
74. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
75. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
77. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
78. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
82. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
83. The residue that remains when something is burned.
84. A refuge from attack.
85. The capital and largest city of Japan.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. The longest river of Asia.
4. The regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale.
5. The dull explosive noise made by an engine.
6. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
7. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
8. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
9. Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
10. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
11. An accountant certified by the state.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
21. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
23. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
25. A town in north central Oklahoma.
29. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
30. A Russian river.
32. Chromatic purity.
36. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
37. The first light of day.
38. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
40. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
41. A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family.
42. Spread or diffuse through.
45. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
47. Cut the head of.
50. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
52. A bachelor's degree in science.
55. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
57. Having three dimensions.
60. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
64. A long narrow excavation in the earth.
65. A source of danger.
66. Lower in esteem.
68. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
69. A vigorous blow.
71. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
72. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
73. (prefix) Within.
76. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
79. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
80. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
81. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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