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1. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
5. Australian evergreen shrubs.
12. A humorous anecdote or remark.
15. A polite name for any woman.
16. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
20. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
21. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
22. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
29. The act of scanning.
31. A state in New England.
33. Being one more than one.
34. Chief port of Yemen.
38. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
40. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
42. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
43. The products of human creativity.
44. A unit of power equal to one million watts.
48. 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.
49. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
51. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
54. The brightest star in Cygnus.
56. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
59. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
61. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
63. (trademark) An antacid.
65. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
66. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962.
69. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
71. A primeval personification of air and breath.
75. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
77. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the western Dakotas.
78. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
81. Used in combination.
82. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
83. A road that takes traffic around the edge of a town.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
4. Type genus of the Lycaenidae.
5. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
6. An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician.
7. A formation of people or things one beside another.
8. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
9. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Transient cessation of respiration.
12. An awkward stupid person.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. An informal term for a father.
25. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
27. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
28. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. The particular occupation for which you are trained.
32. (British) The position of headmaster or headmistress.
35. A small syringe with detachable nozzles.
36. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
37. Close at hand.
39. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
41. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
45. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.
55. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or gray eyes.
57. To consider or examine in speech or writing.
58. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
67. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
68. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
70. Type genus of the Anatidae.
72. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
73. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
74. A quantity of no importance.
76. Lacking self-confidence.
79. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
80. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
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