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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Very great.
11. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. The act of drawing or hauling something.
17. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
18. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
19. A large fleet.
21. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
23. The month following March and preceding May.
26. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
28. Type genus of the Cottidae.
31. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
35. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
36. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
38. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
39. Cause to change shape in a computer animation.
42. Marked by or given to doubt.
46. Of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive.
49. A religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
50. United States minimalist painter (born in 1936).
51. A loop in a rope.
52. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
53. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
58. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian.
60. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
64. Type genus of the Desmodontidae.
68. Being nine more than forty.
69. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
70. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
71. A member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona.
74. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
75. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
76. Narrow and long and pointed.
77. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
78. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
79. Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
6. A group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico.
7. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
8. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
12. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
13. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
14. An account describing incidents or events.
20. Disabled in the feet or legs.
22. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
24. Estrangement from god.
25. The residue that remains when something is burned.
27. A sugar extracted from wood or straw.
29. Port city in northwest Portugal.
30. The third canonical hour.
32. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
33. One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.
34. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
41. A local and well-defined elevation of the land.
43. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
47. A state in the eastern United States.
48. Languishing because of love.
54. Of or relating to an inability to urinate.
55. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
56. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
57. State in northeastern India.
59. Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
61. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
65. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
66. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
67. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
72. A passage with access only at one end.
73. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
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