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1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases.
12. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A common Old World wading bird with long red legs.
17. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
20. Affect with wonder.
22. A widely distributed rock-forming feldspar.
24. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
25. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
26. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
28. Goddess of fertility.
30. Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something.
33. A specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission.
37. (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
38. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
40. A port in southwestern Scotland.
41. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel.
43. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Being nine more than forty.
50. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
51. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
53. The highest level or degree attainable.
55. Characteristic of false pride.
56. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
57. A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River.
59. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
61. The skin that covers the top of the head.
65. Relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords.
67. One of two official languages of Norway.
70. A quantity of no importance.
71. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
74. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
75. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
79. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
80. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
81. Be earlier in time.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. English essayist (1775-1834).
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
5. Of or concerning this.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. With one leg on each side.
8. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
9. Of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants).
10. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
11. A member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
14. Divisible by two.
21. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
23. Any plant of the genus Inula.
27. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
29. Extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia).
31. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
32. Of or relating to neuroglia.
34. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
35. A glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions.
36. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. Humorously vulgar.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
48. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
49. God of death.
52. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
54. Assign in incorrect name to.
58. (geology) A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
60. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
62. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
64. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
66. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
72. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
73. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
76. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
77. Not out.
78. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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