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1. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
4. Edge of a way or road or path.
12. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
15. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
16. Characterized by a lack of partiality.
17. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
18. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
20. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
21. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
22. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
23. A bachelor's degree in science.
24. A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A rapid bustling commotion.
29. A person who makes use of a thing.
31. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
33. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
36. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
38. Type genus of the Ranidae.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
41. A member of the Caddo people of NE Texas.
44. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
45. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
46. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
47. Excessively fat.
50. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
53. Being two more than fifty.
54. Type genus of the Laridae.
55. A kind of literary or artistic work.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
64. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
67. A mistake resulting from inattention.
71. A telegram sent abroad.
74. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
77. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
78. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
82. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
83. Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals.
84. A decree that prohibits something.
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1. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
2. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
3. Type genus of the Amiidae.
4. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
5. Used of a single unit or thing.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Turn away from by persuasion.
8. An enclosed space.
9. An isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine.
10. French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570).
11. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
14. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
19. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
25. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
28. An endorsement.
30. Large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web.
32. Not in physical motion.
34. A motley assortment of things.
35. A strong emotion.
37. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
40. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
42. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
43. A city of central China.
48. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.
49. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
51. The basic unit of money in Brazil.
52. That is to say.
56. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
57. God of death.
60. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
61. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
62. 1 species.
63. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
66. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
68. The sixth month of the civil year.
69. A beautiful and graceful girl.
70. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
72. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
73. Very dark black.
75. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
76. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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