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1. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
5. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths.
11. Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch).
15. An elaborate song for solo voice.
16. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
17. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
18. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
20. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
21. Anything that serves as an enticement.
22. A blemish made by dirt.
23. Speak unfavorably about.
25. A licensed medical practitioner.
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
34. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
38. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
44. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
46. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
47. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
50. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
53. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
54. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
55. The capital and largest city of Iran.
56. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
58. The basic unit of money in Peru.
60. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
61. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
64. Gone by.
67. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
68. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
70. A city in western Russia on the Dnieper River.
74. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
76. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
77. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
78. A watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.).
81. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
82. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
83. Any of several games played with small rectangular blocks.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The 4th planet from the sun.
2. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
3. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
4. The capital and largest city of Kenya.
5. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
6. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
7. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
11. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
12. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
13. A state of agitated irritation.
14. A course of conduct.
19. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
24. One million periods per second.
26. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
27. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
30. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
33. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
35. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
36. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
37. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
39. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
45. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
48. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil.
52. (botany) Tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
59. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
62. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
63. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
65. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
66. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
69. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
71. Belonging to some prior time.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. God of love and erotic desire.
75. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
79. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
80. A midwestern state in north central United States.
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