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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. 10 grams.
12. Meeting adequate standards for a purpose.
15. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
16. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
19. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
20. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. A resource.
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
32. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
38. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
39. An iconic mental representation.
43. An island of central Hawaii.
44. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
46. Among the largest bony fish.
48. An honorary degree in science.
49. Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed.
50. Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed.
53. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
54. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
56. Depressing in character or appearance.
57. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
59. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
62. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
66. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. In a state of sleep.
75. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
79. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
80. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
81. A doctor's degree in theology.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments.
3. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
6. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
7. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
8. At surface level.
9. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. A colorless poisonous gas.
12. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
13. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
14. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
21. A nation in northern North America.
23. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
25. The face of a timepiece.
27. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
31. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
33. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
34. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
35. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
36. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
37. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
40. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
41. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
45. Make uniform.
47. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
51. 32nd President of the United States.
52. Physically weak.
55. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
58. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
60. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
61. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
63. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
64. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
65. A three-tone Chadic language.
67. A milkshake made with malt powder.
68. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
69. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling.
72. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
73. A local computer network for communication between computers.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Being nine more than ninety.
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