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1. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
4. Transfer to another.
12. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
15. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
16. Any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
19. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
20. A boy or man.
21. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
23. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
24. The fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar.
26. A German city near Leipzig.
28. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Used of a single unit or thing.
33. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
37. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
41. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
42. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people.
46. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
47. (Irish) The sea personified.
48. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
49. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
51. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects.
54. Type genus of Cladoniaceae.
56. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
58. Chief port of Yemen.
59. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
61. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
63. Austrian composer (1860-1911).
67. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936).
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
78. Happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface.
79. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
80. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
81. A great raja.
82. A light touch or stroke.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
3. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
4. The wife or widow of a czar.
5. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
6. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
7. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
8. An honorary degree in science.
9. An inaccurate count.
10. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
11. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
12. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
13. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
14. indicate by signs.
22. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
25. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
27. Used at the dining table.
30. English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape.
32. 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.
34. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
35. (South African) An ear of corn.
36. Of or relating to Papua or its people or language.
38. Wild and menacing.
39. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
40. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
44. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
45. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
50. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
52. Meat from a calf.
53. Serving during an intermediate interval of time.
55. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
57. Minor or subordinate.
60. A particular environment or walk of life.
62. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
64. In bed.
65. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
66. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
68. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
74. Seed of a pea plant.
75. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
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