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1. A communication system using fiber optic cables.
5. A response of body tissues to injury or irritation.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
16. A small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place.
17. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
18. Somewhat flattened cylindrical squid.
20. A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff.
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. Not often.
23. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A desert in central Asia.
29. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
32. The habitation of wild animals.
33. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
37. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
38. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
40. A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons.
41. Be about.
46. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
48. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
49. Squash bugs.
51. The capital of Morocco.
52. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
53. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
54. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
55. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
57. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
59. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
60. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
64. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
65. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
68. Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds.
70. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
74. A local computer network for communication between computers.
75. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
76. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
78. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
80. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
82. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
83. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
84. Something (especially a game) that is played again.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait and Southern Yemen and Yemen.
2. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
3. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
4. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
5. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
6. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
7. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
8. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
9. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates.
10. Leaking out slowly.
11. An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. Type genus of the Ranidae.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A farewell remark.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
28. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
30. A genus of Indriidae.
31. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
34. Jordan's port.
35. Cause to become detached or separated.
36. A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication.
39. Of or relating to or containing barium.
42. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
43. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
44. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
45. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. Covered with paving material.
50. (Brit) Monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings.
56. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
58. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
62. Obvious and dull.
63. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
66. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
69. An Asian river between China and Russia.
71. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. God of love and erotic desire.
77. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
79. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
81. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
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