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1. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
4. The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.
11. Someone who cooks food.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Gain in value, as of a currency.
17. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
18. 3rd largest island in the world.
20. United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (born in 1921).
22. A port city in southwestern Iran.
23. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
25. African antelopes.
26. A city in north central Morocco.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
30. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
32. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
35. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. Using speech rather than writing.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. A tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person.
51. A particular situation.
54. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
56. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
57. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
58. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
59. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
60. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
63. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
65. Type genus of the Anatidae.
66. A city in the European part of Russia.
67. A residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia.
69. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
72. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
73. The wife or widow of a czar.
76. Founder of Buddhism.
78. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
79. English essayist (1775-1834).
80. Herbs or shrubs.
82. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
83. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
84. Having no arms.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. A rounded projection or protuberance.
3. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
4. Having wrinkles.
5. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
6. A state in the western United States.
7. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A mountainous island in western Indonesia.
10. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
11. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
12. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
13. State of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior.
14. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
19. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
21. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
24. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
28. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
31. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
34. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
36. American dwarf fan palms.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. A game played with playing cards.
44. The residue that remains when something is burned.
45. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
47. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
50. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
52. Annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.
53. Any of several muscles of the trunk.
55. A long slender cigar.
61. A state of social isolation.
62. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
64. The skinned tail of cattle.
68. An alloy of copper and zinc.
70. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
71. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
74. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. Rate of revolution of a motor.
81. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
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