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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
12. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. Having or producing no echo.
17. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. A natural body passageway.
20. Overgrown with ivy.
22. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
24. Being the only one.
25. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A hitter who slaps with an open hand.
29. Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.
32. The 3rd planet from the sun.
33. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
37. A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers.
38. Aimlessly drifting.
39. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
40. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
43. An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade.
44. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
45. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
48. Having only superficial plausibility.
50. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
52. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
53. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
54. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
56. An associate degree in nursing.
58. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
59. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
65. Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food.
67. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
68. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
71. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
73. A city in the European part of Russia.
74. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
75. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
80. An associate degree in applied science.
81. The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. Music composed for dancing the saraband.
4. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
7. The world's largest active volcano.
8. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
9. Feel bitter or indignant about.
10. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
11. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
12. Expel, as of gases and odors.
13. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
14. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. Relating to or caused by a virus.
23. Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
28. A branch of the Tai languages.
30. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
31. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
34. Australian moundbird.
35. The basic unit of money in Macao.
36. Taken dishonestly.
41. An accountant certified by the state.
42. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
46. United States playwright (1906-1963).
47. Small East Indian shrubby mint.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
55. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
57. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
60. Wood of a sumac.
61. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
62. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
64. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
66. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. Type genus of the Majidae.
72. A bachelor's degree in theology.
77. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
78. Half the width of an em.
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