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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. Used of persons.
12. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
15. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
16. A meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
20. The act of using.
21. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
23. The sister of your father or mother.
24. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. Mediation by an umpire.
28. (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) Small genus of widely distributed marine plants.
30. 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).
31. Having a gradual increase in width.
34. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
35. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
38. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
42. The eleventh month of the civil year.
45. Of a pale purple color.
48. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
49. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
50. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
52. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
54. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
55. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
56. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
60. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
62. An informal term for a father.
64. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
65. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
69. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man.
72. To patch up or renovate.
76. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
78. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
81. Indigo bush.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
83. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
85. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
86. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
87. Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
88. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
3. A festival featuring African-American culture.
4. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
5. Used of hair.
6. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
7. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
8. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
9. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. A texture like that of wood.
12. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
13. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
14. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955).
19. A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening.
22. Cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar.
25. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
27. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
29. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
32. Being eight more than sixty.
33. A white trivalent metallic element.
36. Aroused to impatience or anger.
37. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
39. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
40. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
41. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. An inhabitant of Lappland.
47. Before noon.
51. A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
53. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
57. A large fleet.
58. A Russian river.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
63. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
66. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
71. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
73. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
74. Being nothing more than specified.
75. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
77. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
79. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
80. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
84. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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