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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
12. A slight amount or degree of difference.
15. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
16. Large and often sumptuous tent.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
20. Caused to show discomposure.
22. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
24. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
25. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
26. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
28. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
34. A vigorous blow.
37. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
39. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
40. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
41. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
42. Spoken with emphasis.
44. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
47. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
48. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
49. A barn for cows.
51. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
53. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
54. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
55. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
58. The place where some action occurs.
60. Of superior grade.
63. Building material used as siding or roofing.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
75. Love intensely.
76. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. (Roman mythology) God of love.
80. A young woman making her debut into society.
81. Either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings.
82. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
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1. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
2. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
3. An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
4. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
5. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
6. (sports) With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level.
7. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
8. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
9. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
10. A state of southwestern India.
11. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
12. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
13. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
14. An informal term for a father.
19. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
21. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
30. A social unit living together.
31. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
32. Capital of Armenia.
33. A period of 10 years.
35. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792).
36. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
38. A master's degree in education.
43. Seed of a pea plant.
45. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
46. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
50. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
52. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
59. Constituting or relating to a tail.
61. A large number or amount.
62. A state in midwestern United States.
64. A person who possesses great material wealth.
65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
66. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
67. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
68. Extremely robust.
69. A student who studies excessively.
72. The last (12th) month of the year.
73. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
74. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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