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1. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
4. Having the color of caramel.
11. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
15. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
16. Aromatic Eurasian perennial.
17. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
18. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
20. Being in a tense state.
21. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
22. To go back over again, as of a route or steps.
23. A club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices.
25. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
26. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars.
28. A state in north central United States.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
33. Serving as or forming a base.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. A church associated with a monastery or convent.
40. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
44. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
47. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
49. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
52. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
54. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
55. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. A state in the eastern United States.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
62. Attractiveness to the opposite sex.
63. By bad luck.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
75. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
79. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
80. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
81. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
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1. The dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted.
2. True firs.
3. The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth.
4. Lacking courage.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Having deserted a cause or principle.
7. How long something has existed.
8. Patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble.
9. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
10. Spanish Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus.
11. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
12. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
13. An Eskimo hut.
14. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
19. Come into existence.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
32. Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
37. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
39. God of wealth and love.
41. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
45. Make numb or insensitive.
48. A game played with playing cards.
50. A small pennant borne on a lance.
51. The Creator.
56. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
57. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
60. 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.
64. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
65. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
66. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
68. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
69. United States film maker (1896-1973).
70. Type genus of the Anatidae.
72. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
73. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Being nine more than ninety.
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