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1. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
5. A communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled.
12. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
15. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
16. Something apparently sensed but having no physical reality.
17. The foot of a human being.
18. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
20. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
21. An industrial city in south central Finland.
23. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
27. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
30. An associate degree in nursing.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley.
37. Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
38. 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.
39. Battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
44. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
46. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor.
47. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
53. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
54. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
57. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
58. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
59. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
63. Not reflecting light.
64. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
65. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
67. An innocuous or inert medication.
74. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
75. Of or relating to alga.
77. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
78. Wife of Ramachandra.
79. A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal.
81. An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down.
82. (used in combination) "the economy-size package".
83. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
3. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
4. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
5. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
6. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
7. Receiving a salary.
8. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
9. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
10. A state of southwestern India.
11. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
12. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
13. Type genus of the Percidae.
14. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
19. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
22. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
25. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
28. (informal) Of the highest quality.
29. Type genus of the Anatidae.
32. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
35. A state in east central United States.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
41. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
48. (informal) Excessive sentimentality.
49. A widely distributed family of plants.
50. Fill with high spirits.
51. Lose color or turn colorless.
52. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
55. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
56. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
66. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
68. Being two more than sixty.
69. Derive or receive pleasure from.
70. Noisy talk.
71. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
72. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
73. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
76. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
80. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
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