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1. The act of scanning.
5. All the weapons and equipment that a country has.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
15. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
16. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. Pass by, as of time.
20. Greek mythology.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
33. Before noon.
35. The capital of Morocco.
39. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
41. A city in north central Morocco.
43. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
44. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
47. Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.
49. Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally.
52. Step on it.
53. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
54. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
55. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
57. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. A genus of Ploceidae.
72. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
75. (informal) Of the highest quality.
76. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
81. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
82. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
83. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
84. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
85. (euphemistic) "he is deceased".
86. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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1. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
2. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
3. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
4. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
5. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
6. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
10. A particular environment or walk of life.
11. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
12. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
25. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
28. An awkward stupid person.
31. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
32. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family.
34. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
36. Having the head uncovered.
37. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
38. One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage.
40. The wife of a sheik.
42. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
45. Not subjected to an aging process.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
50. In operation or operational.
51. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
62. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
65. 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.
67. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
68. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
69. An account describing incidents or events.
70. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
71. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
73. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
74. An elaborate song for solo voice.
77. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
78. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
79. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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