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1. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
5. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
15. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
16. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
17. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
22. Out of bed.
24. Relating to the Lamaze method of childbirth.
26. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
30. Informal terms for a meal.
31. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
33. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
37. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
41. (music) A curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato.
42. A mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
46. Common Indian weaverbird.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. The aggregation of a country's military aircraft.
50. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
52. A salt or ester of xanthic acid.
53. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
55. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
58. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
62. A state in midwestern United States.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. (informal) Exceptionally good.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
68. The wife or widow of a czar.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
77. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
78. Something of sentimental value.
79. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
80. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
81. Release from entanglement of difficulty.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. Squash bugs.
3. (archaic) Truth or reality.
4. A river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.
5. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
8. An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth.
9. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
10. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. Largest known toad species.
13. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
14. Soft creamy white cheese.
19. An elaborate song for solo voice.
23. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
25. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
27. A book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island.
29. Jordan's port.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. Being nine more than forty.
35. Battle in 401 BC when the Persian King Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne.
36. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.
38. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
39. An unbroken period of time during which you do something.
40. Something causes misery or death.
43. An appraisal of the value of something.
44. Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.
45. A blind god.
47. Not only so, but.
51. A long slender cigar.
54. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
56. Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together.
57. A change for the better.
59. Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.
61. (Greek mythology) The brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus.
65. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
67. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
69. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
70. Not widely known.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
75. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
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