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1. A joke that seems extremely funny.
4. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs.
17. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
18. A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal.
20. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
21. The vein in the center of a leaf.
23. Any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya.
25. Spider monkeys.
26. The father of your father or mother.
29. Being one more than one.
30. Causing a dull and steady pain.
33. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
35. Any of various small biting flies.
39. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
41. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
46. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
47. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
48. Injured by bites or stings.
49. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
52. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
56. The men who man a ship or aircraft.
57. A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger.
61. The ratio of reflected to incident light.
64. Suitable for use as food.
66. Wild llama.
68. Bandicoot rats.
72. A city in northern India.
73. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
76. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
77. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
81. The month following February and preceding April.
82. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
83. Elder brother of Krishna.
84. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
4. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
6. 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.
7. A large fleet.
8. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
9. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
10. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
11. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
12. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
13. Soft creamy white cheese.
14. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
19. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.
22. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
24. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
32. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. A city in western Kenya.
37. Someone who admires a young woman.
38. National capital of Kiribati.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
45. Coarse edible red seaweed.
50. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
51. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
53. A particular environment or walk of life.
54. A state in northwestern North America.
55. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
58. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
60. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
62. (trademark) A German semiautomatic pistol.
63. Of or relating to or containing barium.
65. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
67. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
70. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
71. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
74. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
75. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
78. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
79. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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