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1. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
4. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
12. Lacking in light.
15. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
16. Of or relating to an oracle.
17. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
18. Water frozen in the solid state.
19. Frivolous banter.
20. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
21. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
23. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
25. Something intended to deceive.
27. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
29. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal.
33. Being nine more than ninety.
34. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
36. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
40. Support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird).
43. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
45. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. An accountant certified by the state.
48. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
49. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
54. South American cavy.
55. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
57. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
58. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
60. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
63. Traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living.
67. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Of or relating to the hands.
75. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
76. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
77. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
79. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
80. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
81. A great raja.
82. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
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1. An opening that permits escape or release.
2. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
3. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946).
4. Characteristic of a mob.
5. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
6. An extreme state of adversity.
7. In a cold and icy manner.
8. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
9. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
10. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
11. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
12. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
13. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
14. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
22. Having three dimensions.
24. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
26. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
28. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
31. God of love and erotic desire.
32. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. Greek mythology.
38. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
39. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
41. Any competition.
42. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
47. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
50. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
51. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
52. A town in east central Missouri.
53. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
56. An uproarious party.
59. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
61. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
65. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
66. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
68. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
69. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
73. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
74. The month following March and preceding May.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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