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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
12. Any of various units of capacity.
15. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
16. Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization, in psychoanalysis.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
20. A doctor's degree in education.
21. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
23. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
24. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
26. English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon.
29. A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
31. Type genus of the Pipidae.
34. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
35. A slender graceful young woman.
39. Drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart.
41. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
44. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
45. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
46. A master's degree in religion.
48. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
49. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
52. Pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
57. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
61. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
65. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
68. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
72. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
74. Durable fragrant wood.
76. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
77. The basic unit of money in Nicaragua.
79. Not only so, but.
80. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
81. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
82. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Rectangular paving stone with curved top.
2. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
3. 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.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
5. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
8. English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956).
9. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. Spider monkeys.
12. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
13. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
14. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. The chief source of beryllium.
25. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
27. A Loloish language.
28. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
30. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
32. (medieval legends) The bride of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
33. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
36. Any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
37. A wrapped container.
38. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
40. Type genus of the Ranidae.
42. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
43. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
47. Cause annoyance in.
50. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
51. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
53. Cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit.
58. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
59. A member of the Dravidian people living in southern India.
60. A soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation.
62. A small drum with one head of soft calfskin.
63. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
64. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
66. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
67. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
69. An unforeseen obstacle.
70. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
71. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
73. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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