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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. A moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule).
12. (informal) Roused to anger.
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
20. State in northeastern India.
22. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
24. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
26. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
27. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
29. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
32. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
39. (music) Without breaks between notes.
43. Type genus of the Upupidae.
44. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
45. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
47. Estrangement from god.
48. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
49. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
53. A contorted facial expression.
55. An island of central Hawaii (between Maui and Oahu).
56. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
57. An enclosed space.
59. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
60. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
65. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
68. A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3).
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce.
77. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
78. A master's degree in education.
79. Lacking affection or warm feeling.
80. A decree that prohibits something.
81. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
82. A great raja.
83. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
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1. Family based on male descent.
2. A city in northwestern Syria.
3. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
4. Inquire about.
5. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
6. Humorously vulgar.
7. Rounded like an egg.
8. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
9. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
10. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
11. Seed of a pea plant.
12. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
13. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
14. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
21. The skin that covers the top of the head.
23. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
25. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
28. The basic unit of money in Macao.
30. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
31. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
36. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
37. Situated at an apex.
38. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.
40. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
46. Highly excited.
50. Systematic investigation to establish facts.
52. A cruel and brutal fellow.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. One or more recordings issued together.
62. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
63. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
64. The ending of a series or sequence.
66. In bed.
67. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
69. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
70. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
71. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
72. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
75. The cry made by sheep.
76. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
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