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1. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
4. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
12. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. One of the rulers in an oligarchy.
17. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
18. (Irish) The sea personified.
19. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
20. Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
22. Make used (to something).
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
28. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
29. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
31. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
33. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
39. In the Roman calendar.
40. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
41. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
44. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
45. A case used to carry belongings when traveling.
50. (prefix) Within.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
54. The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water.
57. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
58. (informal) Of the highest quality.
60. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
61. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
65. 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.
68. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
70. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
73. The capital of Nationalist China.
74. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
75. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions.
80. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
81. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
82. Liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
4. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
5. Making lively and joyful.
6. A tumor consisting of fatty tissue.
7. An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
8. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
9. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus.
12. Be a signal for or a symptom of.
13. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
14. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
21. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
23. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
24. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
27. Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root.
30. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
32. In a keen and discriminating manner.
34. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
35. A South American river.
38. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
43. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
47. Made from or covered with gold.
48. The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline.
49. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
55. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
56. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
59. Imperial moths.
63. A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
64. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
66. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
67. A Russian river.
69. Make editorial changes (in a text).
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. An informal term for a father.
78. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
79. A state in New England.
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