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1. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
5. Having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel.
12. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
15. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
16. United States film actor and director (born in 1927).
17. Towards the side away from the wind.
18. A thrusting blow with a knife.
19. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
20. Lower in esteem.
22. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
23. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
25. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
26. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
29. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
31. The sacred city of Lamaism.
35. The cry made by sheep.
40. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
43. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
52. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
54. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
56. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
58. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
59. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
63. A fraudulent business scheme.
66. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
67. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
70. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
72. United States comedian.
74. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
75. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
76. Resembling mucin.
79. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
80. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
2. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
3. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
4. Go ashore.
5. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
6. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
7. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
8. A Greek island west of Greece.
9. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
10. 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.
11. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
12. Divulge information or secrets.
13. Flat tableland with steep edges.
14. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
21. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
27. A motley assortment of things.
30. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
32. Not close together in time.
33. French painter who developed pointilism (1859-1891).
34. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
36. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
37. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. A Russian river.
39. A master's degree in business.
41. Wild ginger.
42. (Japanese) A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares.
46. (Italian) A long slender crusty breadstick.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
51. Written or drawn or engraved.
53. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
55. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
57. Of or resembling algae.
60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
61. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
62. Squash bugs.
64. 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.
65. An elaborate song for solo voice.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
71. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
73. An argument opposed to a proposal.
77. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
78. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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