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1. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
4. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
16. Small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
20. Failing to detonate.
21. Unrestrained merrymaking.
22. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
23. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
28. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
30. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
35. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
36. American dramatist (1928- ).
39. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
43. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
44. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
46. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. At surface level.
51. A periodic paperback publication.
52. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. A vigorous blow.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
60. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
66. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
69. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
73. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
74. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
78. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
79. A protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen.
81. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
82. Range of what one can know or understand.
83. Sticking fast n.
84. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
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1. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
2. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
3. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. 1 species.
6. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
7. A genus of Ploceidae.
8. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
9. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
10. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
11. National capital of Kiribati.
12. British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951).
13. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts.
14. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
19. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high).
24. Cut the head of.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. A town in north central Oklahoma.
31. The capital of Eritrea.
32. Lean end of the neck.
33. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
38. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
40. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
41. Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit.
42. Physical strength.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Extremely hungry.
53. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
55. 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.
57. One thousandth of a second.
61. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
62. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
63. The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary.
64. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
65. Having help.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. Deeply moved.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
75. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
76. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
80. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
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