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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc.
11. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
17. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
18. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
19. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
20. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
21. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
22. Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I.
25. An island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea.
27. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. Having winglike extensions.
31. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
34. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
35. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
38. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
41. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
45. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
46. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
47. Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
53. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference.
58. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
60. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. A native American tent.
75. Being one more than nine.
76. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
77. A branch of the Tai languages.
78. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
79. A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site).
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
3. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
4. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
5. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
9. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
10. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
11. The third month of the civil year.
12. Small free-swimming tunicates.
13. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
14. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
23. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
24. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
29. A Mid-Atlantic state.
32. Trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets.
33. The act of ceding.
36. A sudden short attack.
37. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
39. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
40. Jordan's port.
42. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
43. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
44. Black tropical American cuckoo.
48. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
49. The wife or widow of a czar.
52. A genus of Mustelidae.
56. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
57. Cause to become awake or conscious.
59. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
61. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
63. In bed.
64. An unofficial association of people or groups.
65. The closing section of a musical composition.
66. A vigorous blow.
67. Avatar of Vishnu.
68. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
69. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
70. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
72. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
73. A loft for storing hay.
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