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1. A shape that sags.
4. A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying).
11. A master's degree in library science.
15. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
16. Inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
20. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
21. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
22. A large fleet.
24. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
31. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
33. Relating to the Urdu language.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
39. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
42. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
43. The brightest star in the sky.
47. A state in northwestern North America.
48. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
50. City in Sudan.
51. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
54. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
55. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
57. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
58. Petty quarrel.
61. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
63. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
66. Sacred writings of Orthodox Judaism.
68. Pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers.
71. A radioactive transuranic element.
72. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
75. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
76. Ruffed grouse.
79. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
80. A category in some early taxonomies.
82. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
83. The residue that remains when something is burned.
84. A detested person.
85. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
3. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
6. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
7. An extreme state of adversity.
8. Of or containing iridium.
9. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
10. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
11. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
12. The month following March and preceding May.
13. A Russian river.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
25. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
28. (used in combination) Priced as indicated.
29. Of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture.
30. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
34. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
35. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
37. An informal term for a father.
38. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
40. The face of a timepiece.
44. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
45. Used of hooves.
46. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
49. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
52. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
53. Available for lending.
56. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
59. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
60. A genus of Scolopacidae.
62. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
64. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
65. Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates.
67. Lower in esteem.
69. A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money v 1.
70. Having the slant of a bevel.
73. Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception.
74. At a specific prior time.
77. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
78. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
81. Before noon.
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