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1. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
5. Any acid that contains oxygen.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
16. The condition of a peon.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used.
20. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
21. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
22. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
24. Informal terms for a mother.
25. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. Lower in esteem.
31. Serving as or forming a base.
32. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. British playwright (1911-1977).
34. The month following September and preceding November.
37. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
38. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
41. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
44. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
46. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
47. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
50. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
52. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
53. American Revolutionary patriot.
55. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
56. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
59. Remaining after all deductions.
61. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
63. Obvious and dull.
66. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
67. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Of or relating to located near the iris of the eye.
75. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
76. (Irish) The sea personified.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
80. A doctor's degree in education.
81. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
82. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
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1. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
2. 20 aspers equal 1 kuru.
3. A straight line connecting two points on a curve.
4. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
7. Distant but within sight.
8. (linguistics) Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.
9. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
10. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
11. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
12. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
13. (Greek mythology) A giant with 100 eyes.
14. (medical) Bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings.
19. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
26. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
29. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
30. A genus of Mustelidae.
35. Colony of the United Kingdom located on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain.
36. One (as a judge) who examines and settles a case.
39. English monk and scholar (672-735).
40. The distance around a person's body.
42. A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g..
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
49. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
51. The capital and largest city of Japan.
54. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
57. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
62. Offensively malodorous.
64. In bed.
65. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
69. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
70. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
73. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
74. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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