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1. Take in solid food.
4. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. Characterized by friendship and good will.
17. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
18. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
20. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
21. Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries.
23. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
26. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.
29. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
30. Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Male red deer.
39. A small nail.
42. An island in the Mediterranean.
44. (Irish) The sea personified.
45. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
47. A blemish on the skin formed before birth.
48. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
51. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
53. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
54. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
56. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
58. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
59. Half the width of an em.
60. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
65. A member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
66. African hunting dog.
69. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
73. The fatty flesh of eel.
74. Someone who skates.
77. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
78. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. Informal terms for money.
82. A case for containing a set of articles.
83. A lack of vitality.
84. English essayist (1775-1834).
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1. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
5. Before noon.
6. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
7. Fiddler crabs.
8. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
9. A Russian river.
10. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
11. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
12. Type genus of the Amiidae.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
14. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
19. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
22. The Israeli unicameral parliament.
24. A New England state.
25. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
27. Closed with a lace.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
32. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
34. An uproarious party.
36. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
37. A tapering point.
38. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
40. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
41. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
43. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
46. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
49. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
55. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
57. Type genus of the Upupidae.
61. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
62. A deposit of personal property as security for a debt.
63. Enthusiastic approval.
64. Type genus of the Vespidae.
67. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
68. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
70. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
71. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
72. Stalk of a moss capsule.
75. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
76. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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