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1. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
4. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
12. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
16. The quality of constantly diligent and attentive.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
19. A quality of refined gracefulness and good taste.
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
21. A woman's loose unbelted dress.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
25. Fearless and daring.
26. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
27. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
29. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
30. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
34. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
38. The closing section of a musical composition.
39. Having been read.
43. The basic unit of money in China.
44. An officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations.
46. A city of central China.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
50. A card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.
51. Not softened by the addition of padding.
54. Howler monkeys.
56. A populous province in northeastern China.
57. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
58. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
61. A machine or person that adds.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. Forced to turn and face attackers.
68. A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.
70. A Hindu prince or king in India.
72. A master's degree in business.
73. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
74. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
76. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
77. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
78. On or outside the dura mater.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Crowd or pack to capacity.
2. A republic in western South America.
3. Capital of modern Macedonia.
4. (medieval legends) The bride of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
5. Be false to.
6. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
7. The Bantu language of the Buganda people.
8. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
9. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
10. Someone who etches.
11. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
12. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.
13. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
14. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
22. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
24. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
28. Of or relating to the spleen.
32. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
33. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
36. Of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck.
37. A Loloish language.
40. No longer in use.
41. (of tempo) Slow adv.
42. From the kapok tree.
45. Thunderous verbal attack.
47. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
48. Either of two phenols derived from naphthalene.
52. Dearly loved.
53. State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
55. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
62. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
63. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
65. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
66. Slightly open.
69. A tight-fitting headdress.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. Being one more than fifty.
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