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1. God of death.
5. Involving the medulla oblongata.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
16. Inability to urinate.
17. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. Type genus of the Majidae.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
25. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
26. God of wealth and love.
29. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
31. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
33. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
34. One that is absent or not in residence.
39. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
43. A local computer network for communication between computers.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
47. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
49. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
51. (British) Your grandmother.
52. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
54. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
55. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
58. In bed.
59. A special way of doing something.
60. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
61. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
64. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. Childcare during the day while parents work.
76. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
77. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
80. A slender double-reed instrument.
81. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
83. A Loloish language.
84. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
85. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
86. A sudden numbing dread.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. Release from a clasp.
7. The goddess of the moon.
8. The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium.
9. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
20. A number that is added to another number (the augend).
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
27. A blind god.
28. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
30. Half the width of an em.
32. National capital of Kiribati.
35. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
36. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
37. A change for the better.
38. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
40. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
42. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
46. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
56. Enchanter's nightshade.
57. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
62. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
63. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
66. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
67. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
69. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
70. Noisy talk.
71. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
72. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
73. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
74. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
75. Heal or recover.
78. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
79. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
82. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
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