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1. English monk and scholar (672-735).
5. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
12. An accidental happening.
15. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
16. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
17. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
18. Adopted in order to deceive.
19. A youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s.
20. A genus of Pyralidae.
22. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
24. An Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root.
26. The state of something that has been unused and neglected.
28. Take in solid food.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
34. A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum.
43. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
45. A flexible container with a single opening.
47. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
48. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
49. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
50. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
52. Prong on a fork or pitchfork.
56. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
63. A loop in a rope.
65. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
67. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
73. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
81. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
82. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
83. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Derive or receive pleasure from.
2. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
3. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
4. A large fleet.
5. Type genus of the Zapodidae.
6. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
7. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
8. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
9. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
12. A blind god.
13. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
14. Make a plat of.
21. An honorary arts degree.
23. A castrated tomcat.
25. Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978).
27. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
30. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
31. (in Scotland) A child.
33. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
35. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
36. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
37. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
39. A master's degree in business.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Leather covering the toe of a boot or shoe and reinforcing or decorating it.
46. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
51. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
53. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression.
54. Small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs.
55. An imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
64. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
66. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
68. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
70. Set down according to a plan.
71. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
74. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
75. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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