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1. The 4th planet from the sun.
5. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic.
12. The cry made by sheep.
15. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
16. Mites and ticks.
17. The fatty flesh of eel.
18. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
19. Machine tool for shaping metal or wood.
20. The sign language used in the United States.
21. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
22. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
23. An ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus.
25. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
27. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
29. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
30. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
31. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
32. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
34. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
37. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
38. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
40. Informal abbreviation of `gentleman'.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
47. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
49. British informal term.
50. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
51. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
52. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
58. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
60. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. Beneath the surface of the sea.
66. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
70. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
72. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
75. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
76. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
77. Having spines.
79. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
80. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
81. Used of automobiles.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
2. The month following March and preceding May.
3. Right-hand page.
4. Beer brewed for immediate consumption.
5. A city and port in northern Jutland.
6. A white trivalent metallic element.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
9. A heading that names a statute or legislative bill.
10. Make one's home or live in.
11. Of or like a cecum.
12. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
13. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
14. Muslim name for God.
24. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
26. A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal.
28. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
33. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
35. A sleeveless dress resembling an apron.
36. Come into existence.
39. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Rounded like an egg.
46. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
48. A person who tells or invents fables.
54. Any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis.
55. The act of scanning.
57. A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
63. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. Divulge information or secrets.
69. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
71. Offering fun and gaiety.
73. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
74. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
78. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
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