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1. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
4. Revise or renew one's assessment.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
15. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
16. Genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers.
17. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
18. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
20. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
21. (Roman mythology) The Roman god of doorways and passages.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
25. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
26. Bar temporarily.
28. Wood of a sumac.
30. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
32. A form of Japanese poetry.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. Goddess of fertility.
42. Strip the skin off.
43. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
45. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
46. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
48. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
51. A shape that sags.
52. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
54. Of the western part of a city.
57. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
60. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
61. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
64. Common Indian weaverbird.
66. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
70. (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.
71. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
73. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
74. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
79. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
80. An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
83. The bill in a restaurant.
84. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
85. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
4. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
6. Of countries.
7. A fraudulent business scheme.
8. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
9. The fatty flesh of eel.
10. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
12. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
13. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
14. Serving as or forming a base.
19. Literature in metrical form.
22. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
24. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. Fiddler crabs.
31. The woody part of plants.
33. Chief port of Yemen.
35. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
36. The act of using.
38. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
41. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
44. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
47. Soft creamy white cheese.
49. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
53. 1 species.
55. The sound made by a gentle blow.
56. Be going to.
58. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
59. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
62. Goddess of dawn.
63. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
65. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.
67. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. Jordan's port.
72. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
75. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
82. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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