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1. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
5. Lacking motor coordination.
12. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
15. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
16. (pathology) A firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin.
17. Seed of a pea plant.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
20. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. By hand.
27. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
28. Singing jazz.
31. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
33. A token that postal fees have been paid.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
39. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
40. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
45. Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.
46. Being in competition.
48. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
49. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
51. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
53. An affirmative.
54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
55. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
57. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
60. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
62. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
63. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
65. In bed.
68. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
70. Under a curse.
73. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
74. Characteristic of false pride.
76. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
77. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
80. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
81. Type genus of the Amiidae.
82. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
83. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. A port and state capital of Tasmania.
5. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
6. Testacean rhizopods.
7. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
8. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
9. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury.
14. A polite name for any woman.
21. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
26. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
29. A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico.
30. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
32. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
34. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
35. A small quantity of anything.
36. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. Having the same or similar characteristics.
43. Constitution of the human body.
44. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
47. A radioactive transuranic element.
50. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
52. Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics.
56. Capital of Armenia.
58. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
59. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
61. A populous province in northeastern China.
64. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
66. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
67. Fallow deer.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
72. Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
75. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
78. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
79. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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