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1. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
4. To confer a trust upon.
11. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
15. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
16. Largest anthropoid ape.
17. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
18. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
19. A string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea.
20. A branch of the Tai languages.
21. Consisting of the musk-ox.
23. The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending.
25. Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. The capital of Western Samoa.
38. A medium for oil-paints.
40. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
41. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. Term of address for a man.
44. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
46. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
49. A native-born Israeli.
51. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
52. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. Humble request for help.
57. Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity.
61. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
65. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
66. French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism.
69. Advanced in years.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
73. A tributary of the Rhine.
74. A small cake leavened with yeast.
75. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
76. A program for a race meeting.
79. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
80. A loud harsh or strident noise.
81. A town in southern Turkey.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The West AFrican language of the Wolof people in Senegal.
2. Appearing earlier in the same text.
3. Brightest star in Centaurus.
4. An Eskimo hut.
5. A trap for birds or small mammals.
6. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
7. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
8. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
9. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
10. A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs.
11. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
12. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
13. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
14. Being in a tense state.
22. Offering little or no hope.
24. That is to say.
26. A republic in central Africa.
27. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
30. An oil port in southern Iraq.
31. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
32. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
34. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
35. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
36. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
37. An artificial source of visible illumination.
39. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
42. A fastener for a door or lid.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
47. Any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry.
48. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
50. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
54. Before noon.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
58. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
59. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
60. An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. Any thick messy substance.
68. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
71. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
72. A decree that prohibits something.
77. A New England state.
78. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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