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1. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
4. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
12. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. Unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field.
20. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
21. Adult female chicken.
22. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
23. Chipmunks of western America and Asia.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
26. Gone by.
27. Existing for a long time.
28. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. An enclosed space.
32. A white trivalent metallic element.
34. Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully".
41. Respectful deference.
44. Make uniform.
46. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
47. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. The West AFrican language of the Wolof people in Senegal.
51. An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west.
53. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
56. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
57. Offering fun and gaiety.
59. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
60. Covered or wrapped with a bandage.
63. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
68. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
69. God of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children.
72. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
73. A beckoning gesture.
76. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
78. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
79. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
80. A town in southern Turkey.
81. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A Nilotic language.
2. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
3. Female peafowl.
4. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
5. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
8. The time that has elapsed.
9. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
10. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
11. The capital of Eritrea.
12. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
13. Of or relating to or involving an area.
14. A large and imposing house.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
29. A cgs unit of work or energy.
30. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
33. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
35. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
37. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
38. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s.
39. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
40. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
42. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
43. Away from the mouth or oral region.
45. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
49. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
52. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
54. An industrial city in central Japan on southern Honshu.
55. First in time.
58. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
61. In bed.
62. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
64. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
65. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
66. A town in north central Oklahoma.
67. Avatar of Vishnu.
70. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
71. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
74. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
75. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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