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1. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
5. (biology) Permanently attached to a substrate.
12. 10 grams.
15. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
16. Enter into a list of prospective jurors.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. Made of rubber and therefore water-repellent.
20. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
26. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
27. A female heir.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
31. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
33. A state in New England.
34. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
35. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
37. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
39. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
44. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
48. Read or interpret wrongly.
52. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
53. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
54. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
55. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
58. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
59. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
61. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
66. The eleventh month of the civil year.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
75. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
76. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
77. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
78. A young woman making her debut into society.
79. Cause to break up or function, as of groups and organizations.
80. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
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1. Living quarters at a college or university where students live.
2. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
3. Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods.
4. United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929).
5. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
6. The square of a body of any size of type.
7. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
8. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
9. Confined to bed (by illness).
10. The basic unit of money in Romania.
11. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
12. Dearly loved.
13. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
14. Impressive in scale.
19. Being one more than seven.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. 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.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures.
36. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
38. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
40. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
41. Continuing or remaining in a place or state.
42. An island of central Hawaii.
43. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
45. Cheap and inferior.
46. A speech sound made with the vocal tract open.
47. Transient cessation of respiration.
49. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Any beetle of the genus Calosoma.
56. Become imbued.
57. Being eight more than ninety.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
62. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
63. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
65. By bad luck.
67. American novelist (1909-1955).
68. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
70. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
71. Range of what one can know or understand.
72. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
74. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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