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1. Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas).
5. The outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus.
12. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
15. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
16. Mites and ticks.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. Colloquial British abbreviation.
19. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
20. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
21. A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
23. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the moon in ancient mythology.
31. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
33. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
34. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
35. Avatar of Vishnu.
37. Being of use or service.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. Related on the mother's side.
48. A form of Japanese poetry.
50. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
53. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
54. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
55. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ.
57. The fifth month of the civil year.
59. Not widely known.
60. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. (Babylonian) The sky god.
62. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
63. By bad luck.
66. The basic unit of money in Albania.
67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
71. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
73. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
77. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
78. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. A master's degree in fine arts.
82. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
83. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
84. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
2. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
3. The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
4. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
5. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
6. Fiddler crabs.
7. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
8. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
9. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
10. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
11. An extreme state of adversity.
12. Compete for something.
13. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
14. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
22. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
25. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
28. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
29. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
30. 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.
32. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
36. A large and imposing house.
38. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
39. One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans.
40. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
41. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
42. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
44. A formal expression of praise.
45. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
47. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects).
49. Long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog.
51. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword.
52. Warn in advance or beforehand.
56. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
58. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
64. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
68. The highest level or degree attainable.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. The sixth month of the civil year.
72. The residue that remains when something is burned.
74. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
75. Used in combination to denote the middle.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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