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1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. United States inventor (born in Hungary) who made the first TV broadcast in 1940 and invented the long-playing record in 1948 and pioneered video cassette recording (1906-1977).
12. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
15. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
16. Type genus of Agaricaceae.
17. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
18. The monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane.
20. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. German hero.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Fit or suitable to live in or with.
30. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
33. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
34. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
35. Follower of Rastafarianism.
37. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
39. A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk.
42. The animal order including amoebas.
44. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
45. Of the blackest black.
46. Of or relating to alga.
48. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
49. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
52. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
53. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
54. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
57. Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion.
60. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
61. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
62. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
67. 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.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. A genus of Platalea.
75. A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic v 1.
76. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
79. The highest level or degree attainable.
80. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
81. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
82. The back side of the neck.
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1. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
2. Very large red gum tree.
3. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
4. Bright and pleasant.
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. A musical percussion instrument.
8. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
9. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
10. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
11. A state in midwestern United States.
12. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
13. Jordan's port.
14. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
19. A river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
21. A lack of vitality.
24. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
25. Being the only one.
28. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
29. Divulge information or secrets.
31. Central part of a plant ovule.
32. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
36. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
38. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
40. Moving quickly and lightly.
41. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
43. The time during which someone's life continues.
47. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
50. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
51. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. A large fleet.
58. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
59. A native of ancient Troy.
63. An Eskimo hut.
64. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
66. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
68. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
69. A lump on the body caused by a blow.
70. American novelist (1909-1955).
73. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. An informal term for a father.
78. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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