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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Type genus of the family Palaemonidae.
12. A person's brother or sister.
15. An accidental happening.
16. A mining town in southern Wales.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
19. A mountain peak in central Washington.
20. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
22. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
24. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
26. The emotion of hate.
27. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
29. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. Similar or related in quality or character.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
41. Gull family.
43. Be earlier in time.
45. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
46. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
47. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
48. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
50. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
52. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
53. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
54. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
55. Offering fun and gaiety.
58. The square of a body of any size of type.
60. An affirmative.
61. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
65. Be iridescent.
69. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
73. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
74. Wearing protective mail.
77. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
78. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
79. Being without physical aid.
81. A notable achievement.
82. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
83. A failure to maintain a higher state.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
2. A province in north-central China.
3. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
4. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Of a quality, as in.
7. An elaborate song for solo voice.
8. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
9. The month following February and preceding April.
10. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
11. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. In or of the present month.
14. Moderate or restrain.
21. An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge).
23. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
25. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
28. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
30. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
35. A breast-shaped mass of padding worn in a brassiere.
36. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
38. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
39. (usually used colloquially) Causing or accompanied by misfortune.
42. (informal British) Good-looking.
44. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
49. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
51. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
56. Of or belonging to an aecium.
57. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
59. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
62. (law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.
64. A genus of Ploceidae.
66. A Hindu prince or king in India.
67. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
68. Mentally healthy.
70. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. A quantity of no importance.
75. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
76. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
80. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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