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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. 1 species.
12. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
15. God of love and erotic desire.
16. A single item of information that is representative of a type.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
19. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
20. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
21. A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players.
23. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
25. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
26. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
27. Prevent the growth of horns.
29. In the Roman calendar.
31. Avatar of Vishnu.
34. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
38. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
40. Any high mountain.
44. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
48. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
49. A master's degree in literature.
52. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick.
53. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
55. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
57. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
58. The capital and largest city of Japan.
60. A desert in central Asia.
63. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
66. A native of ancient Troy.
70. A mite of the genus Acarus.
71. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
74. Type genus of the Amiidae.
75. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
76. Lacking rain.
79. Goddess of fate.
80. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
81. Lace bugs.
82. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. New Zealand conifer.
3. Collect or gather.
4. A congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip.
5. Flat tableland with steep edges.
6. Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.
7. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
8. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
9. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. Not often.
12. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
13. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
14. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
22. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A motley assortment of things.
30. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
32. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
33. Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
35. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
36. The month following March and preceding May.
37. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
39. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
46. A trivial lie.
47. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
50. A city in east central China.
51. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
54. A custard-like food made from curdled milk.
56. A master's degree in business.
59. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
61. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
62. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
64. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
65. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
67. A doctor's degree in music.
68. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
69. A quantity of no importance.
72. Being one more than forty.
73. Having leadership guidance.
77. Not out.
78. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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