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1. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
4. A port and fashionable resort city on southern Mexico's Pacific coast.
12. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A long slender cigar.
17. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
18. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
20. A person who gives a name or names.
21. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
22. A rack for temporarily holding coats and hats.
25. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
26. A person who harvests grapes for making wine.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
33. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
37. The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail.
40. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
42. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
43. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
45. The square of a body of any size of type.
46. Covered with a roof.
48. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
50. Oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them.
52. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
53. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
54. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
55. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
56. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
59. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
61. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
62. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
64. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
68. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
72. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
73. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
75. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
76. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
77. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
79. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
80. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
81. Supply with battlements.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
5. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. A small pocketknife.
8. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
9. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
10. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
11. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
12. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
13. Related to or located at the back.
14. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
19. To say or state again.
23. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
24. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear).
27. Sacred writings of Orthodox Judaism.
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
34. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
35. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
36. A genus of Ploceidae.
38. Many times at short intervals.
39. A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).
41. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
44. French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911).
47. Someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection.
49. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
51. Lacking definite form or limits.
57. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
58. A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay.
60. Spread or daub over.
63. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
65. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
66. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
67. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
69. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
70. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
71. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
74. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
78. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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