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1. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
4. Any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers.
12. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. A biologist specializing in the study of plants.
17. Step on it.
18. An image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels.
20. Unable to relax or be still.
21. Black tropical American cuckoo.
22. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn.
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
29. A rational motive for a belief or action.
30. A long-playing phonograph record.
32. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
37. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
41. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
45. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
47. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
48. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
49. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
51. Elder brother of Krishna.
53. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
56. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. The month following February and preceding April.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
62. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
66. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
67. Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.
69. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
73. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
74. Without moral standards or principles.
77. An extreme state of adversity.
78. (Babylonian) The sky god.
79. An agent that triggers mitosis.
81. Offering fun and gaiety.
82. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
83. A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
84. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
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1. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. A set of clothing (with accessories).
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
6. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
8. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
9. (informal) Rural and uncouth.
10. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
11. Designated by a name or title.
12. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
13. An extreme bellicose nationalist.
14. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
19. Being precisely fitting and right.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
28. Source of a tough elastic wood.
31. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
36. Type genus of the Majidae.
38. Being nine more than ninety.
39. A light touch or stroke.
40. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
42. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
43. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
44. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
46. A battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991.
50. The academic world.
52. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
54. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
55. Antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol).
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
63. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
64. Wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta.
65. American Revolutionary patriot.
68. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
70. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
71. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
72. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
75. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. Having leadership guidance.
80. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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