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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
12. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A resident of Alabama.
17. A period of time spent sleeping.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum.
20. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
21. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. (religion) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. Suggestive of the supernatural.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A book of the New Testament.
36. The mother of your father or mother.
38. A mountain range in China.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
45. Before noon.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
52. A person who participates in a meeting.
56. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
59. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
60. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
61. (Irish) Goddess.
63. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
66. A large and densely populated urban area.
69. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
70. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
75. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
76. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
78. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
79. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
80. A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
81. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
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1. English essayist (1775-1834).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. God of wealth and love.
4. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
7. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. A primeval personification of air and breath.
10. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
11. Administer an oil or ointment to.
12. A cycle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals.
13. A quantity of no importance.
14. The complete duration of something.
22. Chief port of Yemen.
24. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
26. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
27. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
34. Learns from a tutor.
35. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. The topmost one of two.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
46. In a gay manner.
47. On or toward the lee.
51. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
53. Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil.
54. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
55. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
57. Away from the mouth or oral region.
58. Add ions to.
62. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
64. A Nilotic language.
65. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
67. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
68. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
71. The foot of a human being.
72. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
73. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
74. Any high mountain.
77. That is to say.
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