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1. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
5. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
11. A fastener for a door or lid.
15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
16. Be about.
17. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
21. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. A bachelor's degree in religion.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
27. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
30. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
31. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
34. Wool of the alpaca.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
39. A motley assortment of things.
43. A way of doing something, esp. a systematic one.
46. Being one more than sixty.
47. A short composition for a solo instrument.
52. Follower of Rastafarianism.
53. Lower in esteem.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
55. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
60. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
63. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
66. The mints.
70. Regional and archaic.
73. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
74. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. A loose cloak with a hood.
76. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
79. The first month of the year.
80. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
81. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. Any competition.
4. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
5. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
6. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
7. Being one more than two.
8. Not bearing offspring.
9. A medium for oil-paints.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
13. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
14. Type genus of the Percidae.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Morning glory.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
33. A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius.
35. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
41. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
42. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
44. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
45. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
48. Italian architect (1508-1580).
49. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
50. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. Having two axes.
56. Made warm or hot.
58. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
59. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
61. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s.
62. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
68. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
69. An associate degree in nursing.
71. Food for domestic livestock.
72. A Hindu prince or king in India.
77. A New England state.
78. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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