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1. A coarse obnoxious person.
5. French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877).
12. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
15. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
16. A tumor of bone tissue.
17. A port in southwestern Scotland.
18. (Sumerian) Sun god.
19. A Finnish steam bath.
20. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
22. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
25. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
28. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
31. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
33. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
37. A port city in southwestern Iran.
38. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
40. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
41. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
43. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
44. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
46. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
47. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
48. Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
50. An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.
51. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
52. Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts.
55. A negative.
56. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
58. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
61. From 13 million to 25 million years ago.
65. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Intelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetry.
73. Someone whose business is advertising.
74. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
75. An extinct Semitic language of northern Syria.
77. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
78. A boy or man.
79. Tending to cure or restore to health.
80. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. Unusually short.
2. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
3. An onerous or difficult concern.
4. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
5. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
6. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
7. (Sumerian) Sun god.
8. Tear or be torn violently.
9. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
10. The square of a body of any size of type.
11. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
12. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
13. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
14. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
21. A substance that abrades or wears down.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. A musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes.
27. Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap.
29. Wear away.
30. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
35. Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.
36. In a weak and unconvincing manner.
39. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
42. Worthless people.
45. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
49. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
53. A doctor's degree in religion.
54. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree.
57. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
59. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
60. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
62. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
63. Toward the mouth or oral region.
64. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
66. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
67. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
68. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
71. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
72. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
76. Being one more than three.
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