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1. An accountant certified by the state.
4. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
19. The herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen.
20. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
22. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
24. A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament).
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923).
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
35. Any high mountain.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
43. Dearly loved.
46. A light touch or stroke.
50. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
52. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
53. Decreasing in amount or intensity.
55. (Scotland) A landowner.
56. Slightly open.
58. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
59. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
66. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
72. A genus of Indriidae.
76. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
77. A written proposal or reminder.
79. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
80. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
81. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
82. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
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1. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
2. Marked by the reception of pay.
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
5. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
6. A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk.
7. Of or relating to an inability to urinate.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
10. 1/10 gram.
11. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
12. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
13. A share of something.
14. (botany) Especially of leaves.
21. Accord or comport with.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
28. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
30. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
32. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
36. A cloth having a crisscross design.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
41. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
44. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
45. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
49. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
51. French socialist who argued that property is theft (1809-1865).
54. A long narrow sled without runners.
57. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
60. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
64. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
67. Report or maintain.
68. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
69. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
70. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
74. The month following March and preceding May.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
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