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1. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
4. Soup cooked in a large pot.
11. God of love and erotic desire.
15. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
16. Coextensive with the family Oleaceae.
17. (Roman mythology) God of love.
18. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
19. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
21. A person to whom money is paid.
23. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
24. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
25. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
26. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
28. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
29. Before noon.
31. 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.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
36. The social science of municipal affairs.
39. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
45. Being one more than two.
46. An ordered reference standard.
49. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
50. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
52. Recurring again and again.
54. A Scottish word.
56. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
57. A Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
58. Jordan's port.
61. Showily imitative of art or artists.
62. A person who eats human flesh.
65. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
73. A formal spoken communication delivered to an audience.
78. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
79. A slight amount or degree of difference.
80. Small East Indian shrubby mint.
82. A light touch or stroke.
83. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
84. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
85. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers.
4. Someone who wastes time.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.
7. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
8. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
9. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
12. At full speed.
13. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia.
14. A particular environment or walk of life.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.
27. Water frozen in the solid state.
30. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
35. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
37. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
38. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
40. Affected manners intended to impress others.
41. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine.
42. Very attentive or observant.
43. Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials).
47. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
48. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. A long slender cigar.
55. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
59. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
63. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
64. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
66. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
68. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
70. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
71. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
75. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
76. A master's degree in theology.
77. Water soaked soil.
81. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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