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1. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
5. Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets.
12. Situated at the top or highest position.
15. An elaborate song for solo voice.
16. Painted beauty and red admiral.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
20. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
21. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
23. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
25. 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.
27. Before noon.
29. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
30. (British) An abbreviation of pantomime.
33. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
36. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
40. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
41. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
43. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
44. An unforeseen obstacle.
45. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic.
47. Short and fat.
49. Black tropical American cuckoo.
50. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.
52. Marked by blithe unconcern.
54. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
55. A light touch or stroke.
58. A person forced to flee from home or country.
59. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
60. A state in northwestern North America.
62. (botany) Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
66. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
69. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
70. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
73. A formal spoken communication delivered to an audience.
75. (used in combination) Having cheeks as specified.
76. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
77. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
80. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
81. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
82. Not alert or attentive.
83. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
84. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
85. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).
86. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
2. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
4. An abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs.
5. Report or maintain.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. A town in north central Oklahoma.
8. Adult female chicken.
9. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
10. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
11. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
12. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
19. Trade name of an antidiarrheal.
22. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
24. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
26. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
28. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
31. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
32. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
34. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
35. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
37. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
38. Obvious and dull.
39. Moving quickly and lightly.
42. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
46. Ending in a sharp point.
48. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
51. A city in east central Texas.
53. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
56. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
57. Fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle.
61. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.
63. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
64. A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico.
65. 100 likuta equal 1 zaire.
67. Remote and separate physically or socially.
68. The limits within which something can be effective.
71. The brightest star in Cygnus.
72. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
74. (usually followed by `with' or used in a combining form) Having items suspended on or from a support.
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
79. Liveliness and energy.
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