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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
15. A small piece of cloth.
16. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
17. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
18. Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads.
20. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
21. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
22. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended.
24. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A railcar where passengers ride.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. (prefix) Within.
39. Hear or try a court case anew.
41. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
43. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
46. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
47. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
51. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
53. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
54. State in northeastern India.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido.
60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
63. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
64. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
65. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
69. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
71. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
73. A substance that can be burned to provide heat or power.
74. The content of cognition.
75. A heavy precious metallic element.
77. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
79. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
82. Preserve of crushed fruit.
83. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
84. Relating to abdominal delivery.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
2. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
3. American novelist (1909-1955).
4. Visual hallucination of animals.
5. Used of a single unit or thing.
6. An uproarious party.
7. Relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. How long something has existed.
11. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
23. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
25. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. (informal) Exceptionally good.
32. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
33. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980).
36. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
37. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
38. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
40. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined.
42. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
44. A soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery.
45. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
48. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
49. A specific size and style of type within a type family.
52. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
55. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
61. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
62. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
66. A board with the alphabet on it.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
70. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
72. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
76. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
78. (British) Your grandmother.
80. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
81. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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