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1. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
4. A member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
16. Having or making equal angles.
17. Extremely pleasing.
18. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
19. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
21. (Britain) Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea.
24. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
30. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
32. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. (used especially of meats and fish) Dried and cured in wood smoke.
40. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
42. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
46. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
47. Being one more than one.
48. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
51. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
53. A form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill.
55. Used of persons.
57. A state in northwestern North America.
58. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
60. (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.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
63. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
65. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
68. A flask that holds spirits.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. Conducive to peace.
76. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
77. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
78. Appear like.
80. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
81. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
82. Light that streams.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
2. A French abbot.
3. Humorously vulgar.
4. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
5. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
6. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
7. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
8. Designed to reduce or prevent skidding.
9. Belonging to some prior time.
10. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
13. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
14. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
23. 100 kobos equal 1 naira.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A branch of the Tai languages.
29. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
31. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
36. A design that consists of recurring shapes or colors.
37. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
38. A particular environment or walk of life.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
43. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
44. Towards the side away from the wind.
45. Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
49. Armor plate that protects the foot.
50. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
52. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
54. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
56. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. Located farther aft.
66. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
67. Affected manners intended to impress others.
69. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. God of love and erotic desire.
74. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
75. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
79. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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