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1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers.
12. Late time of life.
15. The month following February and preceding April.
16. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. A doctor's degree in education.
19. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
20. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
22. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
24. To work at or to absurd length.
26. The act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument.
30. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
31. Of or relating to George Boole or his logic.
32. A genus of Nymphalidae.
36. State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
39. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
40. One who works hard at boring tasks.
41. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
43. A newspaper or official journal.
45. A master's degree in education.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. A state in midwestern United States.
51. A branch of the Tai languages.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. Show a response or a reaction to something.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
60. Not in good physical or mental health.
61. A port in southern Sweden.
64. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
66. Possessing life.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. A primeval personification of air and breath.
74. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
75. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
76. French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894).
78. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
81. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
82. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
83. Sticking fast n.
84. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
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1. Slanderous defamation.
2. `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic).
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. A localized swelling filled with blood.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
7. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
8. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
9. Lying asleep.
10. That is to say.
11. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
12. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
13. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
14. Dearly loved.
21. The wood of an African obeche tree.
23. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
25. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
27. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
33. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
34. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
35. English philologist (1835-1912).
37. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
38. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A city in north central Nigeria.
47. (Old Testament) King of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC).
48. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
55. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
56. A source of materials to nourish the body.
58. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
62. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
63. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
65. Colony of the United Kingdom located on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain.
67. A member of a Finnish people of Russia.
68. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
70. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
71. A university in Connecticut.
72. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
77. Be seated.
79. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
80. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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