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1. Step on it.
4. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
12. A federally chartered savings bank.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. Used especially of lower plants.
24. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
25. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
26. An informal term for a father.
27. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
30. State capital of New York.
34. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
35. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
36. A French abbot.
38. Temporary living quarters.
42. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
46. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
48. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
50. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
51. A member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina.
52. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
56. A port city in southwestern Iran.
59. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
61. (Welsh myth) The other world.
67. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
71. The cry made by sheep.
72. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
75. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
76. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
80. An informal term for a father.
81. Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
82. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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1. A disreputable vagrant.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. Informal terms for a meal.
4. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
5. Any competition.
6. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
7. Indigo bush.
8. Fiddler crabs.
9. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
10. Exultantly proud and joyful.
11. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
12. The side of military or naval formation.
13. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
14. God of wealth and love.
19. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
23. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
28. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
29. An inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant.
31. (baseball) A list of batters in the order in which they will bat.
32. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
33. The capital and largest city of Myanmar.
37. A hazy or indistinct representation.
39. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
40. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
41. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
43. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
44. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
45. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
47. Cover with drops, as with dew.
49. Proboscis worms.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
58. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. An island republic on Nauru Island.
62. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
63. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
64. A royal treasury.
65. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
66. The capital of Switzerland.
68. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
69. A boy or man.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
73. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
74. A person's brother or sister.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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