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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
4. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant.
12. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
15. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
19. A card game played with a 48-card pack (two of each suit for high cards).
20. Being four more than fifty.
21. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
23. Engagingly stimulating or provocative.
24. Make less active or intense.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
30. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
31. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
33. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
37. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
42. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
46. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
49. Any plant of the genus Erica.
52. A quantity of no importance.
55. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
56. A native of ancient Troy.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
61. A city in central New York.
62. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
64. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
66. Giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted.
70. A large indefinite number.
71. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
73. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
74. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
78. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
79. Having leadership guidance.
80. Located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft adv 1.
81. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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1. A city of southwestern Russia.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
5. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
6. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
7. Of or relating to or consisting of enol.
8. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
9. Causing a dull and steady pain.
10. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
11. Appeal or request earnestly.
12. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
13. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
14. Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute.
22. A blind god.
25. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
27. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
29. The striking of one body against another.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
35. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
36. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
39. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
40. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
41. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables.
43. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
47. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
48. A small fragment.
50. Seal with caulking.
51. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
53. Being without physical aid.
54. A ludicrously false statement.
57. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
60. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
63. A populous province in northeastern China.
65. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. A kiln for drying hops.
68. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
69. English essayist (1775-1834).
72. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
76. Being one more than one hundred.
77. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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