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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. A maker of malt.
12. Inquire about.
15. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
16. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
19. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
23. Extremely robust.
25. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
26. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
28. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
30. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
32. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
34. A Bantu language closely related to Zulu.
38. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
41. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
47. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
49. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
50. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
53. With a forward motion.
54. The financial means whereby one lives.
56. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
57. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
58. The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
60. Being nine more than ninety.
61. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. An argument opposed to a proposal.
63. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
66. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
70. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
75. A master's degree in education.
76. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
77. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
82. A decree that prohibits something.
83. A light touch or stroke.
84. A painting of a person's face.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
2. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
3. Building material used as siding or roofing.
4. A small but appreciable amount.
5. A city in northwestern Syria.
6. An advanced law degree.
7. Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings.
8. Of or relating to or near the sternum.
9. Someone new to a field or activity.
10. A member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia.
11. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
31. Be unbearably loud.
33. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
35. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
36. A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization.
37. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
39. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. Informal terms for a mother.
45. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
46. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
48. Very attentive or observant.
51. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
52. Of or relating to the cochlea of the ear.
55. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
59. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
64. Transient cessation of respiration.
65. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
67. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
71. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
72. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
73. A human female who does housework.
74. Having the slant of a bevel.
80. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
81. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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