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1. A bachelor's degree in library science.
5. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
12. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
15. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
16. A pike fitted with an ax head.
17. The month following March and preceding May.
18. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
19. Lacking leadership.
20. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. Something many people believe that is false.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
26. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
27. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
28. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones.
30. A Russian river.
32. An associate degree in nursing.
33. Being in competition.
34. The basic unit of money in Iran.
37. Term of address for a man.
39. An informal term for a father.
42. An ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC.
44. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
47. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
49. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
51. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. An elaborate song for solo voice.
53. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
54. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
55. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
56. The dignity or rank or position of a king.
59. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
63. The act of passing from one state or place to the next.
67. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
70. Related on the father's side.
73. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
74. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
75. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
77. A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell.
78. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
79. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
81. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
82. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
83. Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship.
84. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
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1. A city in northwestern Syria.
2. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
3. An island of central Hawaii.
4. God of war.
5. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
6. The official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body.
7. A minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages.
8. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
12. Someone paddling a canoe.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
21. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
23. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.
25. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
29. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
31. The Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh).
35. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
36. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
38. Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules.
40. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
41. Mentally sluggish.
43. God of wealth and love.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A Finnish steam bath.
48. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.
50. A preacher of the Christian gospel.
57. Covered with scabs.
58. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
60. A genus of Bothidae.
64. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
65. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834).
66. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
68. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
69. An island northwest of Wales.
71. Offering fun and gaiety.
72. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
76. A human limb.
80. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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