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1. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
5. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
11. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
15. A state in the western United States.
16. Ending in a sharp point.
17. A city in northern India.
18. A ridge of sand created by the wind.
19. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
20. A large quantity of written matter.
21. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
23. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
25. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
28. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
29. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
37. A poor white person in the southern US.
41. A Hindu prince or king in India.
42. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931).
50. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
52. Black tropical American cuckoo.
53. Make richer.
54. The Italian region on the island of Sardinia.
56. Show a response or a reaction to something.
59. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
60. The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
62. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
65. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
67. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
71. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
74. Be earlier in time.
76. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
77. Deploy anew.
80. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
81. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
82. The largest tarsal bone.
83. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. The froth produced by soaps or detergents.
2. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
3. Wife of Balder.
4. Unlicensed drinking establishment.
5. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
6. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. (informal) Of very poor quality.
8. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
9. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
12. American novelist (1909-1955).
13. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
14. God of the Underworld.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
26. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
30. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.
34. (usually plural) A destructive action.
35. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
36. A member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD.
38. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
39. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
40. The sacred city of Lamaism.
44. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
45. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
46. A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid.
48. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
49. A state in New England.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
57. Noisy talk.
58. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
61. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
63. Wearing or provided with clothing.
64. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
66. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
70. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
72. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
73. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
75. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
78. A Mid-Atlantic state.
79. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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