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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
12. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
15. Fiddler crabs.
16. Of writing or narration.
17. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
18. A decree that prohibits something.
19. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
20. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
22. Squash bugs.
24. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
25. (used of living things especially persons) In an early period of life or development or growth.
26. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. Without fat or fat solids.
32. Someone who asks a question.
35. The event of something burning (often destructive).
36. A resident of Iowa.
40. Used of mouth or eyes.
41. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
45. One thousand grams.
46. A Mid-Atlantic state.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
51. Young domestic cat.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. A Russian river.
58. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
61. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
62. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates.
67. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
71. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
72. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
76. The month following February and preceding April.
77. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
80. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
81. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
82. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. The lowest brass wind instrument.
2. The act of scanning.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. Big-eyed scad.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
7. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
8. An artifact used in making your toilet.
9. The content of cognition.
10. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
11. Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus.
12. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
13. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
14. The ending of a series or sequence.
21. The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
23. Beer brewed for immediate consumption.
27. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
29. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
31. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Having been read.
37. Disposed of as useless.
38. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
39. Wife of Balder.
42. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
47. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
50. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
53. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
56. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. Type genus of the Vespidae.
63. World's longest river (4187 miles).
64. Type genus of the Ranidae.
65. Baby bed with high sides.
66. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
68. Type genus of the Amiidae.
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
74. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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