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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
5. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
12. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
15. Informal terms for a mother.
16. A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
19. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
20. Type genus of the Gavidae.
22. German philosopher (1776-1841).
24. The month following March and preceding May.
26. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. Grow together (of plants and organs).
30. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
33. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
34. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
38. 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.
40. The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling.
41. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
42. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
44. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
47. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
48. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
50. Bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice.
53. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
54. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
55. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
57. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
59. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
61. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
62. Rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs.
65. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally.
67. Coins collectively.
69. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases.
72. The products of human creativity.
73. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
76. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
77. A former French coin of low denomination.
78. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
80. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
81. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
82. A large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A feeling of intense anger.
3. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. Indicating the most important performer or role.
6. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
7. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
8. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
9. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
10. Being one more than one hundred.
11. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
12. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
13. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. Something left after other parts have been taken away.
29. A sweet innocent baby.
31. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
32. A Bantu language.
35. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
36. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
37. Somewhat strange.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. Covered with paving material.
45. A genus of Platalea.
46. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
49. Very sad.
51. Of a leaf shape.
52. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
56. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
58. Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
60. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
63. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
64. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
66. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
68. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. God of love and erotic desire.
74. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
75. Top part of an apron.
79. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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