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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. A device that launches aircraft from a warship.
12. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. Of or relating to an oracle.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
19. A cry of sorrow and grief.
20. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
22. City in northwestern Jordan.
24. Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
30. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
37. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
39. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
40. A federally chartered savings bank.
43. Liquid excretory product.
44. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
47. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
49. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
51. Leafless East Indian vine.
54. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
55. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
58. Republic in northern Europe.
60. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. Before noon.
67. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
74. The back of a saddle seat.
77. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
80. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
81. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
83. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
84. Free from liquid or moisture.
85. A mining town in southern Wales.
86. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
2. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
3. (music) A curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato.
4. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A resort city in western Florida.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. Coextensive with the family Punicaceae.
9. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.
12. A path set aside for walking.
13. A fit of shivering.
14. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
21. A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
23. Hard heavy red wood of a quira tree.
26. Be in contradiction with.
28. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
29. An informal term for a father.
31. An angular shape made by folding.
32. One of the three Furies.
34. Someone who skis.
35. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
41. A fraudulent business scheme.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
48. 16 ounces.
50. Upright in position or posture.
52. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
53. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia.
56. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
57. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
59. A state in midwestern United States.
64. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
66. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
68. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
69. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
71. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
72. The sixth month of the civil year.
73. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
75. A negative.
76. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
78. Used of a single unit or thing.
82. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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