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1. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
4. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
12. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
15. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
16. An ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean.
17. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
18. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
19. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
20. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
26. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
27. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
29. The protruding part of the lower jaw.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
34. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
37. (British) Your grandmother.
40. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
42. American poet (born in England) (1907-1973).
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
46. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
48. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete.
52. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
54. At any time.
55. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
56. An associate degree in nursing.
58. How long something has existed.
59. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
63. A genus of Platalea.
65. Pulled or drawn tight.
66. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
69. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
71. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. Foul with waste matter.
79. A drama set to music.
80. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
81. Having facets.
83. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
84. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
85. Having no arms.
86. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. A genus of Indriidae.
3. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
4. The month following March and preceding May.
5. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
8. Having relatively few calories.
9. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
10. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
11. Tag the base runner to get him out.
12. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
13. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
21. (psychology) An urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
23. Top part of an apron.
25. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A person who is tricked or swindled.
35. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
36. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
38. True firs.
39. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. Rounded like an egg.
51. A quantity of no importance.
53. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
57. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
60. Make a marcel in a woman's hair.
61. Spider monkeys.
62. A book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island.
64. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
67. In bed.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
70. The emotion of hate.
72. Closely confined.
73. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
74. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
82. An honorary degree in science.
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