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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. The longest division of geological time.
16. A skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules.
17. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
18. A dagger with a slender blade.
20. (in ancient Rome) A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
26. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
31. Being ten more than fifty.
32. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
36. Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
41. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.
42. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
43. Greatly desired.
46. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
47. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
49. In bed.
51. (logic or grammar) Of or relating to scope.
53. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
54. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
55. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
56. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
59. Remaining after all deductions.
60. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
61. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
69. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
73. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
76. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
77. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
78. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
84. Elder brother of Krishna.
85. The habitation of wild animals.
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1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
2. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
3. Located below or beneath something else.
4. A substance that oxidizes another substance.
5. An island of central Hawaii.
6. Half the width of an em.
7. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
8. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
9. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
10. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
11. Having low density.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Indicating the most important performer or role.
19. An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme.
25. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
27. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
28. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
29. A Russian river.
33. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
34. A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer.
35. A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord.
37. True mosses.
38. Find repugnant.
39. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
40. A portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking.
44. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
45. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
48. One who works hard at boring tasks.
50. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
52. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
57. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
58. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
64. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
66. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
67. God of death.
68. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
71. Informal terms for money.
72. A primeval personification of air and breath.
74. A federally chartered savings bank.
75. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
80. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
81. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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