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1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. A philosopher who specializes in ethics.
12. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults.
17. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
18. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
20. (often plural) A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
21. An affirmative.
22. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
31. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
35. Earnest or urgent request.
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
40. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
41. A doctor's degree in religion.
42. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. Member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence.
45. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. Of great mass.
51. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
52. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
54. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
55. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
58. A city in southeastern South Korea.
60. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
64. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
68. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus.
69. A tradesman who sells hosiery (and (in England) knitwear).
71. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
72. Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.
75. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
76. Used of a single unit or thing.
77. Of or relating to anions.
79. A large quantity of written matter.
80. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
81. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.
4. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
5. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
8. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
9. A state in midwestern United States.
10. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
11. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
12. A person to whom money is paid.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
19. Suggestive of the supernatural.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
24. French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873).
28. (usually plural) Valuables taken by violence (especially in war).
29. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
30. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
32. The striking of one body against another.
33. A coarse twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms.
34. Like or full of suet.
36. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
39. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
47. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
49. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. Not only so, but.
56. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
57. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth.
59. Take by theft.
61. Liquid excretory product.
62. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
63. British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964).
65. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
70. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
73. Used of a single unit or thing.
74. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
78. A New England state.
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