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1. A small amount (especially of a drink).
4. A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.
12. Not reflecting light.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
20. United States writer (1871-1900).
21. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
22. Type genus of the family Pholadidae.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A (usually) large and scholarly book.
32. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
33. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
37. Pay too much.
40. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
41. A master's degree in education.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. Again but in a new or different way.
49. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
51. A human limb.
52. Muslim name for God.
53. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
54. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
56. A state in east central United States.
57. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
59. An associate degree in nursing.
62. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
64. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
67. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
69. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
72. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
73. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
76. A city in north central Morocco.
77. German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859).
79. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
80. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
81. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
4. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
5. Type genus of the Anatidae.
6. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
7. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
8. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
9. An authoritative person who divines the future.
10. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. Wood of any of various alder trees.
24. God of wealth and love.
25. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
27. 16 ounces.
29. To an excessive degree.
30. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
31. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
34. Obvious and dull.
35. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
36. An officer of the law.
38. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
39. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
44. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
47. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
48. Sideboard with compartments for holding bottles.
50. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
55. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
58. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
60. Affect with wonder.
61. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
63. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
65. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
66. A French abbot.
68. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. A rapid bustling commotion.
75. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
78. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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