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1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
12. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
15. Step on it.
16. A mountainous republic in central Europe.
17. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
18. Type genus of the Anatidae.
20. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. An accidental happening.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
35. An informal term for a father.
38. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
40. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. A light touch or stroke.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
48. A card game for 2 players.
50. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
54. A quantity that is added.
55. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
56. Capital and largest city of Italy.
58. A state in southeastern United States.
59. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
61. An unusually talented or intelligent child.
64. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
66. Not reflecting light.
67. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
71. 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal.
74. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
75. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
78. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
79. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
80. Pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced.
82. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
83. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
84. Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.
85. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Tropical Asian starlings.
3. Cultivated in temperate regions.
4. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
5. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
6. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
7. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning.
11. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
12. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
13. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
14. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
23. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
25. Take in solid food.
31. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.
34. The content of cognition.
36. Use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens.
37. An administrative unit of government.
39. Of silk fabric.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
47. A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States.
49. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
51. Emptying accomplished by draining.
52. Before noon.
53. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
57. A genus of bee.
60. The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.
62. A native of ancient Troy.
63. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
65. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
68. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
72. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
73. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
76. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
77. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
81. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
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