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1. An informal term for a father.
4. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
11. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
15. A strong emotion.
16. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
17. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
18. Annul by recalling or rescinding.
19. Large mostly white Australian stork.
21. (informal) Of the highest quality.
22. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
25. An ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis.
27. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.
34. A state in east central United States.
36. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
38. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
39. A quantity of no importance.
40. A large fleet.
42. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
44. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
45. By bad luck.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. Sour or bitter in taste.
51. 36th President of the United States.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. Using the voice.
61. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
62. Informal terms for a mother.
64. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
65. The Italian region on the island of Sardinia.
67. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
69. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
70. Wearing or provided with clothing.
73. United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971).
75. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter.
77. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
78. A rapid bustling commotion.
79. Single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission.
82. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
83. Adult female chicken.
84. (meteorology) Of an air current or wind.
85. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
3. Located in a dismal or remote area.
4. Something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an ornamental device.
5. Transient cessation of respiration.
6. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. A boy or man.
9. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
10. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
11. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
12. A legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.
13. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
14. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun.
26. (medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
31. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
32. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
33. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
35. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Type genus of the Majidae.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
48. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
50. Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
53. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
56. Divulge information or secrets.
57. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
59. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
60. A Mid-Atlantic state.
63. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
66. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
68. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
71. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
72. A visual presentation showing how something works.
74. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
76. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
80. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
81. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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