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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. Studies of the formation of basic linguistic units.
11. Cut off the testicles.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
17. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
18. The residue that remains when something is burned.
19. Before noon.
20. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
21. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
22. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
24. A Russian river.
26. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
28. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
31. In bed.
33. A program for a race meeting.
36. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
40. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
41. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
42. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
43. Any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
48. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. An obsolete name for nitrogen.
53. The general activity of selling.
56. (British) Your grandmother.
57. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
62. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
63. A genus of Ploceidae.
66. Gnu goats.
69. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
71. Founder of Buddhism.
74. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
75. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
77. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
79. A South American river.
81. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
82. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
83. Any of the celestial bodies (other than comets or satellites) that revolve around the sun in the solar system.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
5. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A master's degree in business.
8. A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).
9. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
10. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
11. The father of your father or mother.
12. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
13. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
14. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
23. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
25. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
27. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
35. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
37. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
38. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
39. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A notable achievement.
51. A gene that causes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells.
54. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
55. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
60. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
61. A fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal.
64. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
65. Try to prevent.
67. Of inferior or mixed breed.
68. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
70. An inhabitant of Lappland.
72. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
73. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
76. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
80. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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