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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
11. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
15. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
17. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
18. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
20. A cravat with wide square ends.
21. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
22. Fail to do something.
25. Release from a clasp.
27. Divide into two or more branches.
29. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
30. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
33. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
36. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
38. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
41. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
42. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
43. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
45. The basic unit of money in Iran.
48. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Willing to face danger.
51. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
52. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
56. The habitation of wild animals.
57. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
61. Of an instrument of certain death.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Having the rafters especially having them visible.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
75. Heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking.
76. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. Someone with an aggressively negative attitude.
79. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
2. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
3. An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.
4. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
5. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
6. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
7. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
8. Come to pass.
9. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
11. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
12. A mournful poem.
13. Humble request for help.
14. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance).
19. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
23. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
24. A choice or delicious dish.
26. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
28. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
31. Live so as to annul some previous behavior.
32. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
34. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
35. Jordan's port.
37. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
39. Absent without permission.
40. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
44. The highest level or degree attainable.
46. Wood of a larch tree.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
54. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
55. Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window.
58. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
59. Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. Very dark black.
63. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
64. Stalk of a moss capsule.
65. A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones.
66. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
67. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
68. Fallow deer.
71. (British informal) Not to be deceived or hoodwinked n 1.
72. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
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