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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.
11. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying).
17. Being two more than sixty.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
21. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
22. Register formally.
23. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
25. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
32. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
35. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. Absent without permission.
43. Enlarged prostate.
46. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
47. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
50. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
58. Bound or secured closely.
60. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
66. Goddess of fate.
68. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
70. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
75. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
78. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
80. A strong emotion.
81. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
83. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
84. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
85. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
86. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
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1. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
2. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
3. A native-born Israeli.
4. A telegram sent abroad.
5. In operation or operational.
6. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
7. Used of a single unit or thing.
8. Blouse with a sailor collar.
9. Epithet of Siva.
10. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
11. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
12. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
13. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
14. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
19. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
30. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
36. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
39. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
41. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
42. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
44. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
45. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
48. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
49. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).
51. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
56. A city in Veneto.
59. Imperial moths.
61. A large fleet.
63. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
64. Before noon.
67. 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.
69. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
71. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
72. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
73. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
74. A town in north central Oklahoma.
76. An accountant certified by the state.
77. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
79. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
82. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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