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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching.
12. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
15. A police officer who investigates crimes.
16. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
20. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
22. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
24. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
26. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas.
28. Marked by absence of sound.
29. The capital of Lesotho.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
35. Silkworm moths.
39. Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
46. A Loloish language.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
51. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
52. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
54. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
56. A grant made by a law court.
58. In operation or operational.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
67. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
70. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
72. An island republic on the island of Iceland.
76. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
77. Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull.
80. Spread or diffuse through.
81. A master's degree in library science.
82. The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance.
84. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
85. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
86. Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor.
87. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
5. An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies).
6. Of or like a cecum.
7. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
8. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
9. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. Of or relating to the heart.
12. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
13. German hero.
14. A shoe carved from a single block of wood.
21. Tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome.
23. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
25. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
31. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
32. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
36. The capital of Western Samoa.
37. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
38. A state in midwestern United States.
40. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units.
42. Leather with a napped surface.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
55. Water frozen in the solid state.
57. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
60. A semiautomatic rifle.
61. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
63. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
65. Lower in esteem.
66. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
68. The visible part of a television transmission.
69. A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it.
71. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
73. Little known Kamarupan languages.
74. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
75. A notable achievement.
78. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
79. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
83. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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