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1. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
4. A fibrous amphibole.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. Bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings.
17. A local computer network for communication between computers.
18. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
20. (Greek mythology) The brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus.
21. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
22. Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air.
24. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
25. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
27. A midwestern state in north central United States.
28. An informal term for a father.
31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
37. An advocate of the principles of monarchy.
39. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
40. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
42. 1/1000 gram.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
49. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
52. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
54. Transient cessation of respiration.
56. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
58. The top horizontal work surface of a table.
60. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
63. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
64. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
66. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
70. Jordan's port.
72. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
75. Lower in esteem.
77. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
78. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
79. Suffering from a partial loss of memory.
83. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
84. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
85. Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
2. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
3. The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building.
4. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
5. (prosody) Of or consisting of spondees.
6. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
7. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
8. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
9. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
10. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
11. Ground snakes.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. An artificial source of visible illumination.
14. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
19. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
23. Informal terms for a meal.
26. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
29. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
30. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
32. United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935).
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. Of or concerning this.
36. The act of escaping physically.
38. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
41. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
50. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
51. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
53. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
55. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
57. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
59. Divulge information or secrets.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
65. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
67. In bed.
68. Set down according to a plan.
69. Not only so, but.
71. A caress with the lips.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. Type genus of the Majidae.
76. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
80. A state in New England.
81. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
82. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
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