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1. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
4. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
11. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope.
17. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
23. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
24. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
25. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
28. A master's degree in business.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
32. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
36. The probability of a specified outcome.
40. Elegant and stylish.
42. Flat tableland with steep edges.
43. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
44. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. A Russian river.
46. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
47. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
49. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
53. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
55. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
57. Covered with paving material.
59. Slanderous defamation.
62. Informal terms for a mother.
63. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
77. Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
79. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
80. Take in solid food.
81. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
3. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
4. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
5. Having been read.
6. Great coolness and composure under strain.
7. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
10. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
11. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
12. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
13. Especially one side of a leaf.
14. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
26. Cast again, in a different role.
27. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
33. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
34. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
35. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
37. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
38. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
39. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
41. Make a clean breast of.
48. An informal term for a father.
52. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
54. Avatar of Vishnu.
60. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
67. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
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