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1. A French abbot.
5. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
12. Type genus of the Suidae.
15. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
16. make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
17. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
18. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
19. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
20. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
22. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
24. English writer of stories for children (1882-1956).
26. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
28. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
29. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
32. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
36. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
45. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
47. Affected manners intended to impress others.
48. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. (Babylonian) The sky god.
52. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
54. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
56. A town in north central Oklahoma.
57. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
60. (informal) Of the highest quality.
61. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
63. South African term for `boss'.
66. (British) Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater.
73. A populous province in northeastern China.
76. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
77. How long something has existed.
78. A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae.
80. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
81. Failing to detonate.
82. Resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An unofficial association of people or groups.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. Indicating the most important performer or role.
7. The extended spatial location of something.
8. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
9. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
10. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
12. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
13. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
14. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
21. Be unbearably loud.
23. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
25. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
27. A radioactive transuranic element.
30. Sloping upward.
31. Ferret of prairie regions of United States.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
35. Lay bare.
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
38. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
43. Fit or ready for use or service.
44. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. Written matter preceding the main text of a book.
55. Characteristic of a baby.
58. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
59. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
64. An orderly arrangement.
65. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
67. A city in southeastern South Korea.
68. In bed.
69. Occurring widely (as to many people).
70. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. An informal term for a father.
74. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
75. Being two more than fifty.
79. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
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