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1. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
4. An acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
12. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
15. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
16. A substance derived from amygdalin.
17. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
18. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
20. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
22. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
23. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
26. Of or relating to or involving an area.
27. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
29. A column of light (as from a beacon).
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Depressing in character or appearance.
38. (in boxing) The act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily.
41. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
42. One of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry.
44. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
49. Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits.
51. Of or relating to or composed of fat.
52. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
56. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
57. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
59. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
66. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
69. True firs.
71. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
75. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
77. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
78. East Indian annual erect herb.
79. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
80. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore.
83. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
84. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
85. English financier (1519-1579).
86. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
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1. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
2. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
3. Register formally.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
8. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
9. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
10. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
11. Type genus of the Nepidae.
12. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
19. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
21. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
24. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
25. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. Marked by spirited enjoyment.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
36. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
37. That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings.
39. Genus of African timber trees.
40. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
43. Australian clover fern.
46. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
48. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
50. (informal) Exceptionally good.
53. Jordan's port.
54. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
55. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
63. Wood of any of various maple trees.
65. State in northeastern India.
67. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
68. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
70. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
72. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
73. A primeval personification of air and breath.
74. A written proposal or reminder.
76. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
81. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
82. A state in midwestern United States.
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