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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. (informal) Someone who is a detective.
12. Not reflecting light.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
20. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
21. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
22. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
25. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. (archaic) Of persons.
37. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
40. The month following May and preceding July.
41. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
43. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
47. Being one more than one.
48. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
49. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
52. Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
57. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
58. Become ground down or deteriorate.
61. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
63. Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I.
65. A republic in southeastern Europe.
70. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
73. (informal) Roused to anger.
74. (Irish) The sea personified.
75. Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. God of the earth.
79. With no problems or difficulties.
80. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. By bad luck.
3. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
4. A belligerent grouch.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
7. One thousand grams.
8. Indicating the most important performer or role.
9. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
10. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
11. (used informally) Very small.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
23. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
24. An oil port in southern Iraq.
28. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly.
29. An atom having a valence of one.
30. The basic unit of money in China.
32. A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo.
33. Necessary for relief or supply.
34. A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
36. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
38. The capital of Western Samoa.
39. Of a light grayish-brown color n.
42. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
45. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
50. A domain in which something is dominant.
51. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
53. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
54. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
59. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
60. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
62. The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe v 1.
64. On or toward the lee.
66. Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
67. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
68. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
71. To an excessive degree.
72. The month following September and preceding November.
76. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
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