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1. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A republic in northwestern South America.
11. Sailing close to the wind v 1.
15. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
16. German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915).
17. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
18. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
20. A substance derived from amygdalin.
22. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
23. A Hindu prince or king in India.
25. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. A lightweight cord.
30. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
32. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
33. Capable of having having clear evidence of eliminated without trace.
37. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
39. A state in the western United States.
42. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
43. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
45. An associate degree in nursing.
46. Property or goods saved from damage or destruction.
48. COmmon Business Oriented Language.
49. (informal) Having or revealing stupidity.
51. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
52. Expel, as of gases and odors.
53. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
55. (Judaism) A chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh.
58. Still in existence.
60. Old World woody vines.
63. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
65. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
66. Not still wet.
68. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
72. A motley assortment of things.
75. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
77. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
78. A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law.
81. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
82. The force of workers available.
83. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
84. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
4. The fatty flesh of eel.
5. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
6. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. Made wider or larger in all dimensions.
9. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
10. Deer grass.
11. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
12. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
13. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
14. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
19. A primeval personification of air and breath.
21. In a tense manner.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Obvious and dull.
29. Chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth.
31. Any location known for vice and corruption.
34. Type genus of the Blattidae.
35. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
36. (of persons) Freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject.
38. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
40. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
41. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
44. Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
47. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
50. A region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells).
54. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
56. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling.
61. Fill with high spirits.
62. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
64. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
67. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
69. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
70. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
71. English monk and scholar (672-735).
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
76. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
79. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
80. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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