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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Jet engine in which a turbine drives air to the burner.
12. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
15. The last (12th) month of the year.
16. Forcibly broken through or opened up.
17. A column of light (as from a beacon).
18. Toward the mouth or oral region.
20. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
22. A ribbon used as a decoration.
24. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
26. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
29. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
30. Specified in advance.
33. The eleventh month of the civil year.
34. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
36. How long something has existed.
37. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
40. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
43. A tunic worn over a knight's armor.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India.
49. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
52. The basic unit of money in Peru.
53. A state in New England.
54. Short and fat.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
60. A coffin along with its stand.
63. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
65. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
68. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
71. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
74. Used in combination.
75. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. (botany) Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow.
79. A master's degree in business.
80. Type genus of the Muridae.
81. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities.
82. A decree that prohibits something.
83. Liquid excretory product.
84. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
2. A beautiful and graceful girl.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
6. Rate of revolution of a motor.
7. Epithet of Siva.
8. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
10. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
11. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
12. The father of your father or mother.
13. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
14. Being or serving as an illustration of a type.
19. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
21. A small adhesive disk of paste.
23. A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
27. A substance derived from amygdalin.
28. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
31. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
32. A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. (Scotland) A landowner.
39. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
41. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
46. Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight.
50. A sudden short attack.
51. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
58. South American cavy.
59. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
61. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
62. Lower in esteem.
64. Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. A fit of shivering.
70. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
72. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
73. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
77. A tight-fitting headdress.
78. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
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