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1. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
4. One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks.
12. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
15. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
16. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
18. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
19. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
20. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
22. A fraudulent business scheme.
24. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
25. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
27. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. 1/1000 gram.
31. A white trivalent metallic element.
33. Greek mythology.
35. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
39. Come into existence.
43. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
44. A master's degree in business.
46. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
47. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
48. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
50. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
57. Black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux.
60. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
62. The twelfth month of the civil year.
64. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
66. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
69. A Loloish language.
73. A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan.
74. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
76. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
78. Distant but within sight.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. The products of human creativity.
83. A doctor's degree in education.
84. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
85. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
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1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
2. Of or relating to near the ear.
3. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
6. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
7. Type genus of the Otariidae.
8. Remaining after all deductions.
9. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
10. That is to say.
11. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
12. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
13. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
14. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
21. South Asian deer with three-tined antlers.
23. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
26. An antibiotic (a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin)) used to treat bacterial infections.
28. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
32. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
34. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
36. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
37. Extract the essence of something by boiling it.
38. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
40. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
45. Serving as or forming a base.
49. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
52. Muslim name for God.
53. Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
55. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
56. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
58. Having a slightly undulating margin.
59. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
65. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
67. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
68. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
70. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
71. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
72. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
75. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
81. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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