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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. Overtake with darkness or night.
12. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
15. A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda.
16. A person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place.
17. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
18. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
19. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
23. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
24. Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point.
26. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
28. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
31. (of unknown regions) Not yet surveyed or investigated.
36. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
39. A hose that carries air under pressure.
40. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
41. A genus of Laridae.
43. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
44. Being nine more than ninety.
46. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
48. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
49. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
54. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
56. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
59. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference.
62. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
69. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
71. Closed with a lace.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
75. Light teasing repartee.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
79. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
80. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
2. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
3. Morally bad or wrong.
4. Flavored with sour orange peel.
5. Wish harm upon.
6. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
7. A period of time spent sleeping.
8. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
9. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas.
10. Adult female chicken.
11. Of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles.
12. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
14. Heal or recover.
22. A district of Manhattan.
25. Wood of any of various maple trees.
27. Type genus of the Amiidae.
29. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
30. An accountant certified by the state.
32. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
33. A fundamental principle or practice.
34. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
35. The smaller of the two satellites of Mars.
37. (informal) Exceptionally good.
38. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
42. A white trivalent metallic element.
45. Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989).
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. An attribute that fits a person for something.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. One of the three Furies.
53. Any competition.
55. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
57. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
58. Produced by or subjected to forcing.
63. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
64. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
66. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
67. An informal term for a father.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
72. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
76. Not out.
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