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1. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
4. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
11. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
15. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
16. Full of fun and high spirits.
17. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
18. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
20. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
21. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
22. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
23. A three-tone Chadic language.
25. Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area.
28. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
30. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
33. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
34. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
35. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
37. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
40. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
43. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
47. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. Speak unfavorably about.
51. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
53. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. Unusually short.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
67. Express strong disapproval of.
71. A person who sins (without repenting).
73. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
74. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
75. Of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants.
78. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.
79. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
80. The wanton killing of many people.
81. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
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1. A state in the western United States.
2. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
3. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
4. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
5. Being nine more than forty.
6. Object formed by a mold.
7. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
8. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
11. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
12. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
13. Leave immediately.
14. `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic).
19. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
24. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
26. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
27. Unknown god.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
32. (of weather) Wet by periods of rain.
36. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
38. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
39. In bed.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
44. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
48. Having no employment.
50. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
52. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
57. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
58. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
60. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
61. Coarse jute fabric.
62. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
65. A bright green fabric napped to resemble felt.
66. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
68. Rounded like an egg.
69. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
70. The sixth month of the civil year.
72. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
76. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
77. Being nine more than ninety.
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