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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants under her half-brother Lord James Stuart, Earl of Murray.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. The month following July and preceding September.
16. Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
20. A hard gary-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite.
21. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
23. Tag the base runner to get him out.
25. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
27. An implement used to erase something.
30. Favoring one person or side over another.
31. Shaped like a ring.
34. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
35. Leave one's country of residence for a new one.
41. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
42. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
43. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
45. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
46. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
48. A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing.
50. An organization of military naval forces.
51. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
52. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
53. Armor plate that protects the chest.
54. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
57. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
59. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
63. An accidental happening.
65. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
67. A hormone secreted by the pancreas.
72. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
73. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
76. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
77. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
78. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
80. A notable achievement.
81. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
82. Of or relating to bodily fluids.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
2. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
3. Largest known toad species.
4. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
5. Lacking gonads.
6. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
7. Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
9. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
10. Existing for a long time.
11. Box and water turtles.
12. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
13. The amount a salary is increased.
14. An honorary arts degree.
19. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
24. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
26. A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine).
28. Read anew.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. Permeate or impregnate.
33. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
36. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
37. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
38. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
39. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis.
40. A date.
44. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
47. A person to whom money is paid.
49. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
55. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
56. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
58. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
60. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
61. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
62. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
64. A genus of Ploceidae.
66. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
69. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. A quantity of no importance.
74. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
75. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
79. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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