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1. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
4. (Middle Eastern) Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
11. Avatar of Vishnu.
15. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
16. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
17. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
18. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
20. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. God of wealth and love.
23. A worker engaged in making steel.
25. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
26. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
28. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
40. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
45. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
51. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
52. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
55. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts.
59. An artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes.
62. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
68. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
69. Too well nourished.
70. A loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds.
75. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
76. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
79. Offering fun and gaiety.
80. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
84. 36th President of the United States.
85. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
86. The hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants.
87. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
2. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
3. Of or like a cecum.
4. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. The sacred city of Lamaism.
7. How long something has existed.
8. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
9. At a previous time.
10. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
11. Align anew or better.
12. American Revolutionary patriot.
13. God of death.
14. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
27. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
30. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
32. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
34. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
36. Basic principles of the cosmos.
37. English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924).
39. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
41. Relieve from military service.
43. A Russian river.
44. Beet lacking swollen root.
46. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. One million periods per second.
54. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
56. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
57. An incorrect deal.
58. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
60. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
61. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
64. American civil rights worker in Mississippi.
65. A young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals.
67. The beginning of anything.
71. Sound of something in rapid motion.
72. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
73. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
74. A Hindu prince or king in India.
77. A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.
78. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
82. An informal term for a father.
83. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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