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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
5. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
12. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
15. Any of numerous small pigeons.
16. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
17. A tight-fitting headdress.
18. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. Matters of personal concern.
22. Pacific newts.
25. Rich in decorative detail.
26. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
27. A colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay.
30. An edict of the Russian tsar.
33. A republic in western South America.
34. The first light of day.
37. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
39. British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774).
40. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
42. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
44. Give a nickname to.
45. A socially awkward or tactless act.
46. Characterized by intense emotion.
49. 16 ounces.
50. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
51. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
54. Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels.
57. United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987).
59. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. A New England state.
62. An athlete who is skilled in gymnastics.
67. Advance evidence for.
72. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
73. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
76. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
77. An honorary law degree.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
80. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
81. City in central Iran.
82. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
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1. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
2. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
3. Report or maintain.
4. Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will.
5. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
6. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
7. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
8. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
9. Fiddler crabs.
10. Make less visible or unclear.
11. In the open air.
12. Widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound.
13. Relating to only part of a whole.
14. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
19. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
21. Declare invalid.
23. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
24. The front limb of a quadruped.
28. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
29. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
31. The third month of the civil year.
32. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
35. Of or relating to or associated with the uvula.
36. A small smooth rounded rock.
38. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
41. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
43. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
47. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
48. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
52. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
53. Being one more than one hundred.
55. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
56. A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
58. A medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase.
63. River in eastern Asia.
64. Produced by a manufacturing process.
65. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
66. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
70. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
71. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
74. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
75. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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