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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
5. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
11. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
16. An internal representation of the world.
17. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
18. Sour or bitter in taste.
20. Having color or a certain color.
21. That is to say.
22. A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted.
24. A genus of Mustelidae.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. Of a pale purple color.
28. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
33. Snapping turtles.
37. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
39. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
41. A unit of pressure.
42. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
43. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
45. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
47. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
49. (informal) Exceptionally good.
50. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
52. Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits.
53. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
54. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
55. Administer an oil or ointment to.
56. Before noon.
57. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
60. A large and stately mansion.
62. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
63. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
64. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
68. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
72. Fitted or covered with glass.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
78. Jordan's port.
79. Any high mountain.
80. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
82. (British) Your grandmother.
83. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
84. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A pustule in an eruptive disease.
3. An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon.
4. Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
5. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
6. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
7. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
8. Pertaining to or near the sun.
9. Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
10. Fortification consisting of a low wall.
11. Slang for `drunk'.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. The top edge of a vessel.
14. In the Roman calendar.
19. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
23. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
27. Derived from or containing calcium or lime.
29. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
31. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
34. Hanging cloth used as a blind.
35. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
36. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
38. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
40. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
44. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
46. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
48. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
51. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
58. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles.
59. Put into a different code.
61. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
65. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. An Eskimo hut.
70. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
71. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
77. The bill in a restaurant.
81. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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