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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. A drawstring bag for holding money.
12. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
15. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
16. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
17. A unit of pain intensity.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
20. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. God of justice.
24. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
26. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
28. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
29. A small roofed building affording shade and rest.
33. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
42. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
43. Type genus of family Ulmaceae.
45. Turn on or around an axis or a center.
48. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
49. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
51. A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).
53. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
54. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
56. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
57. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
62. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
63. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
64. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
73. Fallow deer.
74. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
81. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
82. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
83. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
4. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
5. An instance of oratory.
6. An extreme state of adversity.
7. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
8. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
9. Of or relating to or containing barium.
10. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
11. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
12. At or constituting a border or edge.
13. A blind god.
14. Strip the skin off.
21. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
23. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
25. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
27. Science of soils in relation to crops.
30. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
31. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
32. Serving as or forming a base.
34. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
35. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
36. Old World woody vines.
39. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
40. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
41. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
44. A person who makes use of a thing.
46. A slight amount or degree of difference.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. A city in southeastern South Korea.
55. The month following February and preceding April.
58. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
59. The 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites.
60. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
61. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
65. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
66. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
67. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
68. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
69. The face of a timepiece.
70. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
71. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
72. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
75. The capital and largest city of Japan.
76. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
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