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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
4. In an artful manner.
12. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
19. A member of the Uniat Church.
20. Remove or make invisible.
22. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
24. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
26. A woman of refinement.
27. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
29. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
35. The basic unit of money in Guatemala.
39. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
41. An island of central Hawaii.
44. God of the Underworld.
45. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
46. (physics) A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
48. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
57. A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air.
60. A motley assortment of things.
62. 1 species.
66. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
67. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
70. A Hindu prince or king in India.
74. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
77. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
79. A boy or man.
80. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
81. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
83. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
84. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
85. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
5. Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet.
6. The capital of Western Samoa.
7. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
8. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
9. Being nine more than ninety.
10. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
11. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
12. Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
21. Everyone except the clergy.
23. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
25. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
32. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
34. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
36. The capital of Croatia.
37. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
38. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
43. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
52. Indicative of or announcing something to come.
53. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
55. 1/10 gram.
58. A state in midwestern United States.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
63. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
64. Be in contradiction with.
65. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
68. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
69. Fail to do something.
71. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
73. The sixth month of the civil year.
75. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
76. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
78. A city in the European part of Russia.
82. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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