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1. Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas).
5. The polite declining of an invitation.
12. The cry made by sheep.
15. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
16. Having no fixed course.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. (law) A person called into court to defend a title.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
25. A genus of Stromateidae.
27. The German state.
29. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
31. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high).
32. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
35. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
37. The food served and eaten at one time.
40. A Hindu prince or king in India.
42. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
44. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
45. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
46. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
47. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
50. A fraudulent business scheme.
52. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
56. God of love and erotic desire.
58. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
59. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
60. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
62. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
63. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. The month following February and preceding April.
78. A bachelor's degree in theology.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
81. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
82. A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.
83. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made.
6. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
7. Shockingly repellent.
8. Full of zest or vigor.
9. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
10. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
11. Used of locations.
12. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
24. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
26. Speaking a Slavic language.
28. The fatty flesh of eel.
30. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
33. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
34. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
36. A woman of refinement.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. Jordan's port.
41. Cricket frogs.
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. Something of sentimental value.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. State clearly.
54. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
55. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
67. In the Roman calendar.
68. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
70. Type genus of the Amiidae.
71. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
74. Of southern Europe.
75. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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