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1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
12. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
15. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
16. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
19. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
20. The money risked on a gamble.
21. Capital of the state of New Hampshire.
23. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
24. A just detectable amount.
26. Consider or hold as true.
29. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
31. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
35. 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu.
39. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
48. A state in the western United States.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment.
56. Be compatible or in accordance with.
57. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
59. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. Relating to or located at or near the zenith.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
74. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
75. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
78. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
79. (informal) Of the highest quality.
80. Disturb the composure of.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The brightest star in Virgo.
2. Violent and needless disturbance.
3. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
4. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
5. The act of preventing something from occurring.
6. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
7. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
8. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
9. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
10. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
11. Stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings.
12. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
22. Perfume esp. with a censer.
25. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Jordan's port.
33. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
34. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
36. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
38. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
42. The sister of your father or mother.
43. Informal terms for a mother.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
51. A city in west central Mexico.
54. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
55. A cloth having a crisscross design.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
64. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
67. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
70. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
77. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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