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1. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
4. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic.
12. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
15. British informal term.
16. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
19. United States minimalist painter (born in 1936).
20. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
22. Enacted by a legislative body.
24. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. Flat tableland with steep edges.
29. Made to fall (as by striking or cutting or shooting or by illness or exhaustion).
31. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
35. In an exposed manner.
38. Type genus of the Sphyrnidae.
42. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
43. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
46. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
47. Select as an alternative.
49. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
51. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
52. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
54. Being precisely fitting and right.
57. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
65. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers.
69. A motley assortment of things.
73. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
74. An informal term for a father.
76. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
77. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
80. A city in northwestern Syria.
81. A youthful male person.
82. A festival featuring African-American culture.
83. Great merriment.
84. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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1. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
2. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
5. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
6. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
7. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
8. In great numbers.
9. The basic unit of money in Iran.
10. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A formal expression of praise.
13. A loud harsh or strident noise.
14. Fed beyond capacity or desire.
21. English privateer involved in the slave trade.
23. The fourth month of the civil year.
25. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
32. The capital of Nationalist China.
33. Two items of the same kind.
34. A bachelor's degree in science.
36. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
37. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
40. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
41. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
44. Avatar of Vishnu.
45. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
48. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
50. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
53. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. An associate degree in nursing.
67. A polite name for any woman.
72. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
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