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1. A container.
4. Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere.
12. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
15. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. Airplane powered by a turbojet engine.
17. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
18. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
25. Coldness due to a cold environment.
27. Relieve from military service.
29. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
37. Produced by inbreeding.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
45. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
46. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
48. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
50. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
51. The vein in the center of a leaf.
53. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
55. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
56. A Loloish language.
59. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
60. Type genus of the Solanaceae.
64. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
67. Expected hopefully.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
75. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
76. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
77. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
79. Lacking in light.
80. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
81. A great raja.
82. An affirmative.
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1. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
2. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
3. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
4. A heavy precious metallic element.
5. A tight embrace.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
9. A genus of Platalea.
10. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
11. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
14. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
19. A cry or shout of approval.
21. Whining in a tearful manner.
23. Before noon.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
28. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
30. Remove the clip from.
32. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
34. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
35. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
36. (music) Without breaks between notes.
38. Beads threaded on a string.
39. Half the width of an em.
41. A mythical Greek hero.
47. A city in northwestern Turkey.
49. An unforeseen obstacle.
52. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
54. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
57. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
58. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
61. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
62. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. In bed.
66. Avatar of Vishnu.
68. Marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits.
69. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
70. Fallow deer.
73. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
74. The month following March and preceding May.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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