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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
12. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
15. A strong emotion.
16. Lying beneath what is revealed or avowed, especially being deliberately concealed.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. A semiautomatic rifle.
20. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. Capital of modern Macedonia.
23. An expression of greeting.
24. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
26. A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations.
27. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
29. Before noon.
31. A Russian river.
33. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
37. Summer cypress.
41. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
42. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
45. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
46. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
49. The act of scanning.
50. A telegram sent abroad.
54. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
57. Port city on Atlantic coast.
60. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
62. Derived from or containing calcium or lime.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
66. The sixth month of the civil year.
69. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
71. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
72. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
73. An associate degree in nursing.
74. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
75. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
78. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
79. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
80. Showing warm and heartfelt friendliness.
81. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
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1. Temporary living quarters.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
4. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
5. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
6. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
7. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. Used especially in treating bruises.
9. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
10. A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings.
11. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
12. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
13. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. Twining perennial North American plants.
25. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
30. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
32. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
34. Jordan's port.
35. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
36. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
38. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
39. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
40. The cry made by sheep.
43. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
44. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
52. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
65. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
68. In bed.
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