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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
11. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. (often followed by `of') Not aware.
17. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
18. Having leadership guidance.
19. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A period of time spent sleeping.
24. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. The unit of frequency.
28. A member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona.
30. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
33. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
35. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
41. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
42. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
45. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
46. British admiral.
49. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
50. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
51. An persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair.
52. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
53. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
56. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
58. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
60. A genus of Thraupidae.
61. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
64. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
68. A fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal.
69. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. In bed.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. A container.
78. Avatar of Vishnu.
79. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
80. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. Temporary military shelter.
5. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
6. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
7. A festival featuring African-American culture.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Whip scorpions.
10. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
11. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
12. Make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants.
13. An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean.
14. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
20. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
22. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
26. Being ten more than one hundred.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. The face or front of a building.
32. Preceding all others in time or space or degree.
34. A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders).
36. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
37. Herbs of temperate regions.
38. Make less active or intense.
39. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
40. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. Contrary to or forbidden by law.
47. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
48. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
54. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
55. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
57. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
59. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
62. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
63. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
65. A French abbot.
66. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
67. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
70. Top part of an apron.
71. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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