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1. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
4. (law) A courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge in a trial that is held out of the jury's hearing.
11. A Loloish language.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Down feather of young birds.
17. (informal) A bunch.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. A passage selected from a larger work.
20. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
21. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
27. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
30. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
31. Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
35. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
37. French film maker influenced by surrealism.
38. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
42. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
43. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. Greek mythology.
52. Undo the ties of.
54. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834).
56. United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971).
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
62. The ratio of reflected to incident light.
65. A former British gold coin worth 21 chillings.
67. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
68. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
71. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
72. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
73. (Old Testament) Son of David and King of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC).
74. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
75. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
76. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
77. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. Being nine more than fifty.
6. French artist who immigrated to the United States.
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. Coarse jute fabric.
9. Wool of the alpaca.
10. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
11. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
12. A festival featuring African-American culture.
13. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
22. French impressionist painter (1840-1926).
24. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
25. A master's degree in fine arts.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
28. A thick sweet sticky liquid.
29. Complacently or inanely foolish.
32. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. A social division of (usually preliterate) people.
34. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
36. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
39. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
41. God of wealth and love.
44. No alternation of generations the medusoid phase being entirely suppressed.
45. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
46. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
48. A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
50. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
53. The practice of living without clothes for reasons of health.
55. Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).
57. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
58. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
63. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
64. Young sheep.
66. A quantity of no importance.
69. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
70. A state of southwestern India.
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