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1. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers.
12. Enlarged prostate.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. Ribbon-like flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.
17. A toilet in England.
18. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
19. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene.
20. Intelligence derived from non-communications electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources).
22. (South Africa) A small hill rising up from the African veld.
24. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
25. King of Wessex.
27. Provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance.
28. A sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid.
32. Goddess of fertility.
33. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
38. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
42. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
45. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
48. An informal term for a father.
50. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
52. Summer cypress.
54. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
60. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
63. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. Illuminated by means of floodlights.
68. Traveling on horseback.
72. Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.
73. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
76. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
77. A genus of Strigidae.
78. In an exposed manner.
80. An enclosed space.
81. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
82. A festival featuring African-American culture.
83. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
4. English writer (1672-1729).
5. Take in solid food.
6. Type genus of the Sphyrnidae.
7. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
8. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
9. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
11. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.
12. A bachelor's degree in literature.
13. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
14. A blind god.
21. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
23. The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
26. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
29. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
30. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
31. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
34. One million periods per second.
35. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
36. The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
37. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
39. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
44. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
46. Jordan's port.
49. Propriety in manners and conduct.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
55. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. Walk stealthily.
62. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
64. African mahogany trees.
66. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
67. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
69. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
70. The act of catching an object with the hands.
71. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
74. The force of workers available.
75. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
79. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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