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1. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
4. Send out rays or waves.
11. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
15. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
16. A human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body.
17. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
18. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
19. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus.
20. A violent throw.
21. Someone paddling a canoe.
23. A state in New England.
25. British informal term.
26. A son who has the same first name as his father.
29. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
30. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
35. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
36. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
54. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
58. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
65. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. Singing jazz.
68. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
70. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
72. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
75. God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity.
76. A river in southeastern France.
80. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
81. A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment.
83. Using speech rather than writing.
84. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
85. The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants.
86. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A boy or man.
2. Type genus of the Amiidae.
3. A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia.
4. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.
5. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
6. A jamb for a door.
7. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
8. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
9. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
10. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
13. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
14. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
22. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
28. Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553).
31. A yellow quartz.
32. An informal term for a father.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. An informal conversation.
38. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
39. Of a pale purple color.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
45. A boy or man.
47. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
50. The property characteristic of old age.
53. A man of English descent.
56. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
59. Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
64. Of or relating to or involving an area.
67. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
69. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
71. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
77. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
78. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
79. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
82. Informal terms for a mother.
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