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1. A very troublesome child.
5. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
12. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
15. A company emblem or device.
16. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
20. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
22. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
26. Mated sexually.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
33. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
34. Informal terms for a meal.
38. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
41. 3rd largest island in the world.
43. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
44. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
47. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
48. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
50. Any plant of the genus Erica.
53. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
55. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
57. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
59. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
60. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
62. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
70. A port city in southwestern Iran.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
75. Be bossy towards.
77. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows.
80. The bill in a restaurant.
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1. A group of countries in special alliance.
2. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
3. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
4. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
5. Before noon.
6. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
7. Used of a single unit or thing.
8. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
9. Small lynx of North America.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
13. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
14. An informal term for a father.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
23. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
25. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
27. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
32. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
35. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
36. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
37. A large collection of African townships southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa.
39. Administer an oil or ointment to.
40. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
42. A doctor's degree in optometry.
45. Being one more than fifty.
46. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
49. The capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain.
51. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
52. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
54. Situated in front of the anus.
56. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
63. Very dark black.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. 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.
66. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
67. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
68. Type genus of the Majidae.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
71. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
72. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
76. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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