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1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. Having or resembling a stinger or barb.
12. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
15. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
16. A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric.
17. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
18. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
19. Of or relating to a creed.
20. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
22. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
24. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
26. A Hindu prince or king in India.
27. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
29. The last (12th) month of the year.
30. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
31. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. A pass between mountain peaks.
40. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
42. Hit hard.
43. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
45. Anthropologist and linguist.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. Related on the mother's side.
51. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
52. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
54. Someone whose business is advertising.
56. Type genus of the Ranidae.
58. A very small circular shape.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
66. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
70. Of silk fabric.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
76. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
77. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
80. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
81. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
82. The form in which carbohydrate are stored.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
2. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
3. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
4. A covered passageway.
5. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
6. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
7. Having leadership guidance.
8. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
9. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
10. A state in east central United States.
11. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
12. Largest known toad species.
13. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
14. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
21. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
23. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
25. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
28. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
32. Pleasantly cold and invigorating.
33. A negatively charged atom.
34. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
36. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
37. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
39. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
41. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
44. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. Either extremity of something that has length.
53. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
55. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
57. Of or belonging to an aecium.
59. Come into possession of.
61. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
63. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
68. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
69. Causing a dull and steady pain.
71. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
74. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
75. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
78. 1/1000 gram.
79. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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