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1. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
5. Someone who plays the harp.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
16. Being without physical aid.
17. A strong emotion.
18. A word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system.
20. Cause to lose courage.
21. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
22. Order of mammals having few or no teeth including.
24. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
26. United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925).
28. Blood-sucking African fly.
30. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
32. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. An expression of greeting.
40. Sideboard with compartments for holding bottles.
44. German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900).
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. How long something has existed.
51. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
54. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
56. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
58. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
61. Offering fun and gaiety.
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
64. Prevent from being seen or discovered.
67. The Moslem official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day.
71. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
72. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
75. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
76. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
77. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
81. Aged or processed.
82. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
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1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
2. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
3. Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain.
4. 3rd largest island in the world.
5. All of the inhabitants of the earth.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
8. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
9. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
10. 100 seniti equal 1 pa'anga.
11. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
12. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
13. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
14. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
19. On, to, or at the top.
23. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
25. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
27. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
29. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
31. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel.
33. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
35. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
37. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
38. A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle).
39. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
41. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. In bed.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Affect with wonder.
55. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
57. Exultantly proud and joyful.
59. (of buildings and rooms) Having ample space.
60. Give qualities or abilities to.
62. At full speed.
65. Informal terms for a meal.
66. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
68. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
69. A small island.
70. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
73. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
74. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
78. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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