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1. A city in north central Morocco.
4. (Phoenician) A fertility goddess.
11. An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War).
15. Being two more than fifty.
16. The body of people who lead a group.
17. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
18. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
20. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
21. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
22. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
23. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
25. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
27. The basic unit of money in Myanmar.
29. Eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May).
32. Enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds.
36. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
39. A persistently annoying person.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
44. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
50. Threatening with damnation.
52. (informal) Used as intensifiers, as in "terribly interesting".
54. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
61. Perversely irritable.
62. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
64. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
68. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
72. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. (Irish) The sea personified.
76. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
77. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
78. An official at a baseball game.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. Used of the language of the deaf.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
5. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
6. Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end.
7. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
8. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
9. Marked by skill in deception.
10. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
11. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Type genus of the Nepidae.
14. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
19. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
24. A local computer network for communication between computers.
26. Unknown god.
28. Not only so, but.
30. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
31. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
33. A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting.
34. (medieval legends) The bride of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
35. Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America.
37. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
38. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
42. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
45. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
46. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
48. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
49. 43rd President of the United States.
51. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
53. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
55. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
56. Marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes.
59. (a dated Briticism) A serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
60. Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
63. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
65. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
66. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
67. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
69. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
70. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Being nine more than ninety.
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