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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. Testacean rhizopods.
12. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. An electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power.
17. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
18. The sign language used in the United States.
19. French painter and exponent of Fauvism (1880-1954).
20. The basic unit of money in Zaire.
22. Drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in parkinsonism.
24. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
25. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
26. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
36. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
40. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
42. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
45. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
46. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
47. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
53. Capital of Swaziland.
55. Not out.
56. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
61. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
62. Singing jazz.
66. Found along western Atlantic coast.
68. Narrow French stick loaf.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. Inflammation of the spinal cord.
77. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. Periapsis in orbit around Jupiter.
80. A period of time spent sleeping.
81. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
82. Light that streams.
83. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
4. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
5. United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954).
6. Argentinian cariama.
7. (prefix) Across or crossing or on the opposite side.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924).
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
12. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
13. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
14. A drama set to music.
21. Affect with wonder.
23. Jordan's port.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. Capital of Armenia.
30. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
33. An oil port in southern Iraq.
34. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
37. The closing section of a musical composition.
38. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
39. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
41. Remaining after all deductions.
43. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Lower in esteem.
52. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. Before noon.
57. A state in midwestern United States.
58. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
59. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
60. (informal) "in the dumps".
63. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
64. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
65. Entice to do.
67. A French abbot.
69. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
70. The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length.
71. A person who makes use of a thing.
74. Up to the present time.
75. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
76. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
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