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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
15. The month following February and preceding April.
16. An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
19. A large fleet.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
24. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A dark gray volcanic rock.
38. Convert code into ordinary language.
41. The first event in a series.
42. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
46. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
47. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
48. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
50. Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness.
52. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
55. Type genus of the Majidae.
56. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
57. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
61. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
64. A rural area where farming is practiced.
70. Look down on.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
74. Essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded.
76. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
77. Term of address for a man.
78. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
79. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
82. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
83. A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey.
84. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A large number of things or people considered together.
4. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
5. Gull family.
6. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
7. A major god.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A port city in southwestern Iran.
10. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
21. Lower in esteem.
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
25. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).
28. A soft silvery metallic element.
30. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs).
32. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
35. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
36. Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
37. Become ground down or deteriorate.
39. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
40. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
45. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
49. Repetition or recapitulation in reverse order.
51. A telegram sent abroad.
53. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
58. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles.
59. A master's degree in fine arts.
62. A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
63. A job in an organization.
65. Make less active or intense.
66. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
67. State in northeastern India.
68. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
69. A leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528).
71. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
75. (informal) Of the highest quality.
80. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
81. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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