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1. To an excessive degree.
4. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
11. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
15. Any high mountain.
16. A needle-like part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal.
17. Characteristic of false pride.
18. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
20. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
21. A primeval personification of air and breath.
22. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
23. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
24. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
26. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
33. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
37. An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A city in north-central India.
40. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
41. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
44. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
45. The act of using.
47. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Of surpassing excellence.
52. The process of exposing to air (so as to purify).
54. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
55. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
58. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
60. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
61. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
64. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
68. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
69. A sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer.
72. A resident of Iowa.
73. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
74. Characterized by hard work and perseverance.
76. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
77. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
78. A great raja.
79. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
5. Being nine more than ninety.
6. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
7. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
8. Adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices.
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. An old Scottish coin of little value.
11. A genus of Portunidae.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
13. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
14. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
19. An ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. Type genus of the Podicipedidae.
29. The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg.
30. The act of escaping physically.
31. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
32. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
34. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic.
35. Small tropical flea.
36. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
42. An uproarious party.
43. National capital of Kiribati.
46. Large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves.
48. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
51. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
53. Excluded from use or mention.
56. The state of being rich and affluent.
57. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
59. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
62. A Hindu prince or king in India.
63. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
65. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. Type genus of the Anatidae.
70. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
71. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
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