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1. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. (meteorology) Of an air current or wind.
12. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
15. A boy or man.
16. Small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods.
17. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
18. Of or relating to or involving an area.
20. A disreputable vagrant.
22. Devoid of physical sensation.
24. Used improperly or excessively especially drugs.
26. Offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
27. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
28. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
30. (prefix) Across or crossing or on the opposite side.
32. Considerate and solicitous care.
35. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
37. An authoritative person who divines the future.
39. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
41. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
43. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
45. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
46. An unofficial association of people or groups.
48. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
49. Wife of Balder.
51. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. Small or narrow cell.
58. An antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class.
60. Of a pale to moderate grayish violet color n.
61. Fail to do something.
63. A port and the capital of Guinea.
66. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. African antelopes.
74. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
75. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper.
78. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
79. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
80. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
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1. Wearing or provided with clothing.
2. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
3. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
4. (of tempo) Fast n 1.
5. A Mid-Atlantic state.
6. (anatomy) Not connected to the sternum or breastbone.
7. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
10. The striking of one body against another.
11. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
12. Lower in esteem.
13. Not widely known.
14. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
19. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
21. Tropical Asiatic perennial herbs.
23. Close at hand.
25. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
29. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
34. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
36. Water containing salts.
38. Lacking excess flesh.
40. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
42. The capital of Bahrain.
44. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
47. Not bringing death.
50. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
52. Being four more than sixty.
55. An onerous or difficult concern.
56. A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains.
57. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
59. A state in northwestern North America.
62. Jordan's port.
64. A slender double-reed instrument.
65. A quantity of no importance.
67. Characteristic of false pride.
68. The basic unit of money in Peru.
69. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
72. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
73. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
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