Crossword Puzzle Number 7981 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. Resembling mucin.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
15. The sign language used in the United States.
16. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
17. (informal) Roused to anger.
18. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
19. A state in the western United States.
20. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
21. A basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed.
23. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
25. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
26. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
27. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
32. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
36. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
39. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
41. King of the Huns.
42. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
43. A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A proportion multiplied by 100.
52. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
53. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurium.
57. A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean.
58. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
62. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
64. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Before noon.
73. Covered or wrapped with a bandage.
76. A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles.
79. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
81. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
82. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
85. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
86. The lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States.
87. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. Found along western Atlantic coast.
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
3. An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text.
4. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
5. Not ended.
6. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
7. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
8. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
9. An authoritative person who divines the future.
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
12. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
13. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
22. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
24. Being unoccupied.
28. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
29. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
33. Deciduous shrub of North America.
34. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
35. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
37. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
38. The longest river of Asia.
40. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
44. Asian rat snakes.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
48. Offering fun and gaiety.
51. A police officer who investigates crimes.
54. A yellow quartz.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
70. The emotion of hate.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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