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1. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
4. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
11. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
15. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
16. Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
17. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. A supporter of feminism.
21. Largest crested screamer.
23. A historian who writes annals.
28. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
29. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. Sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse.
36. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
38. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods.
40. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
41. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
43. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
44. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
46. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
49. Excessively fat.
51. Short and fat.
53. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
54. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair.
56. Tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
58. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
60. Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason.
61. (informal) Exceptionally good.
64. South African term for `boss'.
67. Having a woven pattern.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
74. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
75. (anatomy) Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium.
77. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
78. A light touch or stroke.
79. A mining town in southern Wales.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
3. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
4. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
5. Black tropical American cuckoo.
6. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
7. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
8. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
9. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Type genus of the Adelgidae.
12. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
13. Type genus of the Anatidae.
14. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
20. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
24. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
25. A shade of blue tinged with green.
26. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
27. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
30. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
31. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
33. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
34. A Spanish male Gypsy.
35. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
37. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
42. A medieval oboe.
45. A bachelor's degree in science.
47. The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
48. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
50. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
52. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
55. 1 species.
57. Render capable or able for some task.
59. Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
62. Avatar of Vishnu.
63. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
71. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
72. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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