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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language.
17. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
18. The process of leaching.
20. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
24. (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally).
26. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
27. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. A member of the Dravidian people living in southern India.
31. Showy perennial herb with white flowers.
34. Jordan's port.
36. The central area of a church.
37. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
39. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
43. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
45. 1 species.
47. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. The locus of feelings and intuitions.
51. Highly concentrated or intense.
53. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
55. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
56. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
60. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
63. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
72. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
75. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
76. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
80. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
81. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
82. Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
83. Take in solid food.
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1. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
4. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
5. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
8. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
9. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
10. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.
11. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
12. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
13. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
14. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
19. Filaments from a cobweb.
23. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
30. A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
32. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
33. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
35. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
38. The sacred city of Lamaism.
40. Affect with wonder.
41. Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color.
42. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
44. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
46. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
52. Fastened with stitches.
54. Small short-billed auk abundant in arctic regions.
57. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
59. Type genus of the Anatidae.
61. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
64. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
65. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
66. A lyric poet.
67. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
69. Any competition.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Anything that serves as an enticement.
73. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
74. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
77. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
78. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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