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1. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
4. Having no fever.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
17. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
18. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
20. Painful grief.
21. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
22. A lack of vitality.
24. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
25. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
34. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
39. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
40. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Being three more than fifty.
46. A woman sahib.
48. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
49. A Hindu prince or king in India.
51. Lower in esteem.
52. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
56. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. The bill in a restaurant.
64. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
68. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
72. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
75. Cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth.
76. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
77. A person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place.
80. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
81. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
82. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
83. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Very dark black.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
6. Half the width of an em.
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
9. Not in action or at work.
10. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
11. Suggestive of the supernatural.
12. An honorary arts degree.
13. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
14. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. Take in solid food.
29. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
31. Covered with or resembling slime.
32. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
33. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
35. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
36. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
37. The amount a salary is increased.
38. American dramatist (1928- ).
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
45. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
47. Bourbon with bitters and Pernod and sugar served with lemon peel.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. Having the color of caramel.
54. An associate degree in nursing.
55. Material used to daub walls.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
61. A town in central Belgium.
62. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
65. Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures.
66. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
67. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
69. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
70. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
71. On or toward the lee.
73. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
74. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
78. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
79. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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