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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. (British) Farm devoted to raising sheep.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
19. A genus of fish in the family Caproidae.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. A person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour.
24. The square of a body of any size of type.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
28. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. (nautical) Of an anchor.
34. A city of central China.
36. The act of rising upward into the air.
40. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
43. Your basis for belief or disbelief.
45. The brightest star in Scorpius.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. The month following August and preceding October.
49. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
51. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
53. Being one more than two.
54. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
55. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
56. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
58. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
61. Administer an oil or ointment to.
62. Before noon.
63. South African term for `boss'.
65. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
70. (architecture) Not arcuate.
75. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
76. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
78. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
79. Cause annoyance in.
80. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
82. Type genus of the Anatidae.
83. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
84. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. Made of fir or pine.
3. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
4. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. Cause to move back by force or influence.
7. A genus of Perdicinae.
8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
9. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
10. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
11. Either extremity of something that has length.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
21. Lower in esteem.
23. A stringed instrument usually having six strings.
25. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
29. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
32. One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling.
33. Hold on to.
35. Report or maintain.
37. (sports) Not offside.
38. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
39. Express discontent.
41. Wild and menacing.
42. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
44. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
46. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
50. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
52. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
57. Imperial moths.
59. Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike.
60. 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.
64. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
66. Characteristic of false pride.
67. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
68. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
69. An endorsement.
71. A small cake leavened with yeast.
72. Absent without permission.
73. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
74. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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