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1. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
4. Narrow and long and pointed.
12. An enclosed space.
15. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
16. (botany) Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
20. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. Settle as a colony.
24. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
26. Involving two dimensions.
27. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
29. A state in New England.
31. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
32. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
35. Jordan's port.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
42. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
44. Of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people.
45. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
47. A city in north central Morocco.
48. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
52. A member of the eastern branch of the Sioux.
55. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
57. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
60. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
69. A small lake.
70. Type genus of the Lacertidae.
73. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
74. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
75. The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
76. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
77. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
78. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
79. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
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1. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
2. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
3. The skin that covers the top of the head.
4. A particular environment or walk of life.
5. A public building for gambling and entertainment.
6. Being nine more than ninety.
7. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
8. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
9. English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940).
10. The sign language used in the United States.
11. Echo repeatedly, echo again and again.
12. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
13. By bad luck.
14. Give over.
19. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
23. A day of rest and worship.
25. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
28. A heavy precious metallic element.
30. Well matched.
33. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
34. Affect with wonder.
36. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
37. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
39. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
41. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. A fibrous amphibole.
50. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. A quantity of no importance.
54. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
56. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
58. Isolated from others.
59. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
61. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
63. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
64. The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
65. State in northeastern India.
67. An elaborate song for solo voice.
68. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
71. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
72. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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