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1. Colloquial British abbreviation.
5. The wife or widow of a czar.
12. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
15. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
16. Any of various hand tools for scraping.
17. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
18. Speaking a Slavic language.
19. A frequently visited place.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
23. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
24. Aroused to impatience or anger.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. Lower in esteem.
30. Impressive in appearance.
33. A sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract).
37. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. Belonging to some prior time.
41. The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
43. Divulge information or secrets.
45. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
46. A deep bow.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
52. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
54. That is to say.
55. Any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals).
56. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
58. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
65. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
69. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
72. Two-year-old sheep.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
76. Jordan's port.
77. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
78. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
80. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
81. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
82. Resembling a flower petal.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Money in the form of bills or coins.
2. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
3. Toward the mouth or oral region.
4. A warning against certain acts.
5. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
6. Covered with scabs.
7. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
8. A motley assortment of things.
9. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
10. United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957).
11. A public performer (a dancer or singer).
12. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
13. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
25. A notable achievement.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
31. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
32. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
34. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
35. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
36. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
39. Used especially of fruits.
42. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
44. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
47. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
49. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
50. South African term for `boss'.
53. United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925).
57. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
59. The basic unit of money in Macao.
61. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
66. An Eskimo hut.
67. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
68. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
70. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
71. A young woman.
75. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
79. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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