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1. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
5. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation.
11. In bed.
15. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
16. One appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions.
17. English monk and scholar (672-735).
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
21. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
22. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
24. Situated in front of the anus.
27. The craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet.
29. Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.
31. Gone by.
32. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
35. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
38. Flowing in drops.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.
47. Having a rasping or grating sound.
48. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
50. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
51. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
52. United States golfer (born in 1939).
54. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
56. A populous province in northeastern China.
57. Garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt.
62. An associate degree in nursing.
63. A wound made by cutting.
66. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
71. One ten thousandth of a centner.
72. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
75. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
77. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
78. An antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches.
80. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
81. A port in southwestern Scotland.
82. Capable of having having clear evidence of eliminated without trace.
83. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
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1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
3. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Aralia.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
7. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. The small projection of a mammary gland.
10. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
11. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
12. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
13. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
14. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
20. Try to manage without help.
23. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
25. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
26. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
28. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. Type genus of the Culicidae.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
39. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
41. A deficiency of red blood cells.
43. (of a ship or plane) Sideways drift.
44. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
45. Of or pertaining to any Shinto sect other than Kokka Shinto.
46. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
49. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
53. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
55. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
58. In a wry manner.
59. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
60. A just detectable amount.
61. Big-eyed scad.
64. Wood of a sumac.
65. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
67. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
69. Serving as or forming a base.
73. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
74. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
76. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
79. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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