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1. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
5. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
12. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
15. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. A swing used by circus acrobats.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
20. The fourth or lowest deck.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
23. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
25. A person's brother or sister.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
39. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
44. Chief god.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
47. Without fat or fat solids.
50. An Eskimo hut.
51. A city in northwestern Mexico near the California border.
53. Wild and domestic cattle.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
58. A card game for 2 players.
61. A Russian river.
63. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
64. A public promotion of some product or service.
65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. A port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord.
70. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
72. A flask that holds spirits.
75. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
76. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
79. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
80. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
81. The literary intelligentsia.
83. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
84. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
85. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
4. Worship given to God alone.
5. Indicating the most important performer or role.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
10. Not divided into zones.
11. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
24. The capital city of Vietnam.
27. Young of domestic cattle.
30. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
32. Having the color of a canary.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
37. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
38. Made tough by habitual exposure.
40. Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base.
42. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
46. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
48. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
49. Leather covering the toe of a boot or shoe and reinforcing or decorating it.
52. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
54. A pin used to hold the tie in place.
59. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
60. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
62. The Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh).
66. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
68. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
69. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
71. Being of delicate or slender build.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. God of love and erotic desire.
77. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
78. (Irish) The sea personified.
82. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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