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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
12. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
15. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
16. Or or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism.
17. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. A broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle.
20. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
22. Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously.
24. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
25. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
28. A state in northwestern North America.
29. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
31. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
32. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
36. God of the underworld.
38. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
42. A condition requiring relief.
45. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
46. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
47. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
49. United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887).
52. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
54. Any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens.
55. Remote in manner.
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
58. The men who man a ship or aircraft.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
62. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
66. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Made in the Netherlands.
76. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
77. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
78. Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits.
79. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
80. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
81. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
82. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
2. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
3. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
4. Proboscis monkeys.
5. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
6. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
7. In bed.
8. A former French coin of low denomination.
9. In addition.
10. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
11. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
12. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
13. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
14. English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992).
21. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
23. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
26. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
27. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Sarcoscyphaceae.
30. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
33. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
34. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
35. Elected Vice President and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886).
37. A large stringed instrument.
40. A river in southeastern France.
41. A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. Jordan's port.
48. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
50. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
51. Type genus of Cycadaceae.
53. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
57. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
60. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
61. An oil port in southern Iraq.
63. An Eskimo hut.
64. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
65. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
67. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
68. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
69. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
74. (Irish) The sea personified.
75. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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