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1. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
5. Type genus of the Papaveraceae.
12. Goddess of fate.
15. The capital of Western Samoa.
16. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
17. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
18. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
19. A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses.
20. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
22. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
27. The goddess of the moon.
28. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
30. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
32. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
34. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
42. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
44. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
45. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
50. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
51. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
53. Walk or tramp about.
56. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
58. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
59. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
60. Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
71. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
74. Lack of sight.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia.
79. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
80. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
81. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
82. An informal term for a father.
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1. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
2. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
3. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
4. Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals.
5. (of music or art) New and of general appeal (especially among young people).
6. Jordan's port.
7. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. Supreme cosmic deity.
10. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
11. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
12. Capital of modern Macedonia.
13. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
14. Fallow deer.
21. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
23. Summer cypress.
26. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
33. Very sad.
35. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
36. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
37. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
39. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
40. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
41. In a hasty and foolhardy manner.
43. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
46. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
47. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
52. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
54. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
55. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
57. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
61. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
63. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
65. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
66. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
67. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. Bound or secured closely.
69. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
70. Colored or impregnated with dye.
72. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
73. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
77. Informal terms for a mother.
78. Being one more than one.
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