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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. An enclosed space.
16. Covered with or as with a canopy.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
20. Raised above ground level.
22. Small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers.
24. Irritate or vex.
25. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
26. (printing) A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
28. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
30. A New England state.
32. Offering fun and gaiety.
33. Thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair.
36. Device for resetting instruments or controls v 1.
38. Being nine more than ninety.
40. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
41. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
42. Related on the mother's side.
43. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
48. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
51. Used of a single unit or thing.
52. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
54. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
55. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
57. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
59. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
61. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
62. (informal) Of the highest quality.
63. An unofficial association of people or groups.
65. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
70. A Japanese supervisor.
74. Of a pale purple color.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
78. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
79. Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
82. Any high mountain.
83. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
84. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
85. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
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1. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
2. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
3. A large number or amount.
4. Conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.
5. Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression.
6. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
7. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
8. A short synopsis.
9. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
10. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
11. Having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel.
12. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
13. Cheese containing a blue mold.
14. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
21. South American cavy.
23. Make children.
27. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
34. A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
35. In an impolite manner.
37. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
39. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
44. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
45. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
47. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
49. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
50. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
53. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
56. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
58. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
64. City in Sudan.
66. The basic unit of money on Malta.
67. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
68. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
69. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
71. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
73. The back side of the neck.
76. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
80. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
81. Being one more than one.
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