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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. A region of northern France on the English Channel.
12. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
15. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
16. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
17. The act of using.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. German filmmaker of sophisticated comedies (1892-1947).
20. (British) Sleep.
21. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
23. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
25. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
27. (physics) The capacity of a physical system to do work.
28. A fastener for a door or lid.
31. Reduce in worth, character, etc..
32. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
35. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
38. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. Be agitated.
45. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
46. Any plant of the genus Erica.
48. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding.
57. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
58. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
59. God of justice.
63. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
67. Tropical trees having one-seeded fruit.
69. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
71. A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.
73. A Hindu prince or king in India.
74. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
75. A person loved by another person.
77. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
78. An affirmative.
79. Type genus of the Lycaenidae.
80. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A boy or man.
2. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
3. The act of rising upward into the air.
4. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
6. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
7. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
8. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
9. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
10. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.
11. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
12. Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970).
13. An act that exploits or victimizes someone.
14. Pay back.
22. The back side of the neck.
24. Included seven times in every 19 years.
26. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
29. A framework that supports climbing plants.
30. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').
33. Characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech.
34. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. Wish harm upon.
44. The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
47. Being nine more than ninety.
49. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
54. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
55. Very small northern fish.
56. The vein in the center of a leaf.
60. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
61. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
62. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
64. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
65. A Loloish language.
66. One thousandth of a second.
68. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
70. The sign language used in the United States.
72. Seed of a pea plant.
76. A state in the western United States.
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