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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being.
12. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. English inventor who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
19. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
20. How long something has existed.
21. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
22. Liveliness and energy.
24. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
30. Not out.
32. Lacking excess flesh.
33. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
37. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
40. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
43. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
44. An endorsement.
46. English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899).
47. Hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange.
49. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
51. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. A kind of person.
53. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean.
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
63. Muslim name for God.
67. Temporary living quarters.
70. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
73. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
75. Most important element.
77. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
78. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
79. The literary intelligentsia.
81. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
82. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
83. Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. Of a pale purple color.
4. A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt.
5. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
6. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
9. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
10. Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221).
11. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
23. Cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long.
25. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
27. Growing old.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. Speak in a nasal voice.
34. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
35. Aroused to impatience or anger.
36. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
38. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.
39. English monk and scholar (672-735).
41. Be going to.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
48. Long and thin and often limp.
50. (British slang) Cafe.
55. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
57. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
58. Prepared by cutting.
61. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
62. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
64. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
65. (Welsh) A warrior god.
66. Disabled in the feet or legs.
68. A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
69. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
74. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
76. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
80. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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