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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
12. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
15. The capital and largest city of Japan.
16. Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
19. (heraldry) On or starting from the wearer's left.
20. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
22. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
24. A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).
26. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. (Welsh) A warrior god.
31. The state or fact of existing.
33. (Greek mythology) God of love.
37. A state in midwestern United States.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. An African river.
43. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
45. United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976).
46. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
47. The square of a body of any size of type.
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
51. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
53. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
57. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
60. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
62. Economic independence as a national policy.
63. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
64. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
67. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
69. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
70. Make high-pitched, whiney noises.
72. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
73. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
76. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
77. Being one more than two.
78. Consider as ideal.
82. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
83. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
84. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
85. Any high mountain.
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1. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
4. A woman of refinement.
5. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
6. Being ten more than one hundred fifty.
7. A blind god.
8. Water frozen in the solid state.
9. The seed of the chickpea plant.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. Not ever.
12. A Loloish language.
13. The probability of a specified outcome.
14. Not only so, but.
21. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
23. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
25. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Being one more than one hundred.
30. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
32. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
34. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
35. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
36. A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
39. (informal) Of the highest quality.
40. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
42. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
44. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
52. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
54. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
55. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
56. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
66. The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.
74. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
81. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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