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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. Breed of sled dog developed in Alaska.
12. A federally chartered savings bank.
15. Towards the side away from the wind.
16. Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.
17. Be obliged to pay or repay.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
20. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
22. By bad luck.
24. Being ten more than thirty.
25. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
27. The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet.
28. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
30. Lacking gonads.
32. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
34. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
35. God of wealth and love.
36. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
39. A matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight.
42. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
43. Former measure of the US economy.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
50. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
53. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
54. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
56. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
58. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
61. United States comedian.
63. Suggestive of the supernatural.
64. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
65. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
67. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
71. Remove the tusks of animals.
74. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
75. An advantageous purchase.
78. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
79. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
80. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
82. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
83. On or toward the lee.
84. Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. (informal) Roused to anger.
5. A stock exchange in New York.
6. 1 species.
7. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
8. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
9. Not rendered in song.
10. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
11. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
12. The front limb of a quadruped.
13. A sharp blow.
14. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
21. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
23. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
33. Harass or assault sexually.
37. Involving the medulla oblongata.
38. (of a shore or shoreline) Having an extensive gently sloping area covered with sand or gravel or shingle down to the water line.
40. Father of the storm gods Marut.
41. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
45. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
51. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
52. English philologist (1835-1912).
57. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
59. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
60. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
62. An angry disturbance.
66. Time during which some action is awaited.
68. Using speech rather than writing.
69. Be idle.
70. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. God of love and erotic desire.
76. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
77. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
81. The eleventh month of the civil year.
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