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1. Two-year-old sheep.
4. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
11. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
15. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
16. The basic unit of money in Venezuela.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. How long something has existed.
19. A feeling of righteous anger.
20. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
21. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
23. A deep prolonged loud noise.
25. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
27. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
30. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
35. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
38. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
40. An expression of greeting.
43. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
44. Make secure by lashing.
45. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
50. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
52. A Russian river.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. Jordan's port.
57. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
58. A bachelor's degree in music.
59. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
61. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
64. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
65. Sour or bitter in taste.
69. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
70. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
75. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
77. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
79. The cry made by sheep.
80. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
81. Red breed of domestic rabbits.
83. A container.
84. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
85. A great raja.
86. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
2. At or constituting a border or edge.
3. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. Cause to run.
6. Of or being the lowest female voice.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
9. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
10. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
11. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
12. An elaborate song for solo voice.
13. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
14. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
22. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
33. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
36. A mite of the genus Acarus.
37. First in order of birth.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
46. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
47. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
48. 1 species.
49. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
51. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
53. Any plant of the genus Gerardia.
56. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
60. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
62. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
63. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
66. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
67. Expel, as of gases and odors.
68. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
71. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
72. A French abbot.
73. A sudden short attack.
74. An unofficial association of people or groups.
76. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
78. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
82. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
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