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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. The driver of a team of horses doing hauling.
12. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).
17. (Irish) The sea personified.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music.
20. The ending of a series or sequence.
22. True mosses.
24. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. Belonging to the period after a war.
29. A form of address for a man.
31. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
33. The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. A primeval personification of air and breath.
42. Unique or specific to a person or thing or category.
43. (informal) The best of its kind n.
44. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
45. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
47. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
48. Either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather.
51. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
53. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
54. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
56. Toward the mouth or oral region.
57. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
61. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. A housing for a radar antenna.
72. City in Sudan.
73. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
74. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
76. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
77. Of southern Europe.
78. A great raja.
79. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
3. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
4. A heavy textile with a woven design.
5. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
6. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
7. English Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896).
8. Large scissors with strong blades.
9. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
12. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
13. Someone who eats no animal products at all.
14. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
21. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit.
23. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
27. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384).
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. The basic unit of money in Indonesia.
32. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
34. A kind of literary or artistic work.
35. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
36. A state in midwestern United States.
39. (Norse mythology) Giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
41. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
46. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
49. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
50. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
52. A variety of albatross with black feet.
55. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
58. Leave immediately.
59. A particular environment or walk of life.
60. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
62. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
63. Slightly wet.
64. (Roman mythology) God of love.
65. Avatar of Vishnu.
66. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
67. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
70. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
71. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
75. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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