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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
5. Small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark.
12. A master's degree in business.
15. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
16. A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying).
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
19. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables.
20. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
21. Heal or recover.
22. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
24. The face or front of a building.
26. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
28. A white trivalent metallic element.
30. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
35. Metal shackles.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
43. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
49. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. A fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal.
55. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
58. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
60. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
61. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. In bed.
65. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
69. Lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod.
73. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
76. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
77. Having only superficial plausibility.
81. A human limb.
82. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
83. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
84. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. Wood of a pecan tree.
4. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
5. English monk and scholar (672-735).
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
8. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
10. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
11. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
12. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
13. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
14. The highest level or degree attainable.
23. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
25. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
27. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
29. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
31. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
32. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
34. Wet through and through.
36. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
37. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
38. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
40. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
45. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. A ribbon used as a decoration.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
54. A quantity of no importance.
56. Advanced in years.
57. A genus of Ploceidae.
59. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
64. Of or relating to or containing barium.
66. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
67. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
68. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
70. Using speech rather than writing.
71. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
74. The sixth day of the week.
75. The fatty flesh of eel.
78. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
79. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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