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1. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
4. Cause to combine with iodine.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Grant credentials to.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
22. The lowest brass wind instrument.
23. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
26. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
28. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
31. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. Showing a natural aptitude for something.
38. An implement used to erase something.
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. One skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician).
43. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
44. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
50. The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.
51. Take in, also metaphorically.
53. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
56. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
58. A state in east central United States.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California.
62. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
66. Before noon.
67. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
71. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
75. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
79. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
80. A negative.
81. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
4. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
5. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
6. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
7. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
8. Proboscis worms.
9. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
10. Relating to or located near a tibia.
11. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. A Loloish language.
13. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
14. Fallow deer.
19. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
24. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
25. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
27. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
29. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
30. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
32. The Creator.
35. Type genus of the Triglidae.
36. Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person.
37. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
39. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
40. Any competition.
45. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
46. A deep bow.
48. The vein in the center of a leaf.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. The foot of a human being.
55. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
57. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
61. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
63. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
64. Full of zest or vigor.
65. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
73. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
74. A slight amount or degree of difference.
76. A state in northwestern North America.
77. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
78. That is to say.
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