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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. A container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video.
12. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
15. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. The condition of bearing fruit.
17. Late time of life.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
19. The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
24. Someone who makes dies.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
29. The father of your father or mother.
32. Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918).
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
39. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
40. 1/10 gram.
42. Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally.
45. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
48. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
57. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
58. Unable to move or resist motion.
61. 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.
63. A genus of Psittacidae.
69. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
70. Away from the mouth or oral region.
73. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
74. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
75. A recognition of meritorious service.
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
79. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
80. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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1. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
4. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
5. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
6. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
7. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
8. A short composition for a solo instrument.
9. Old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576).
10. Belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem.
11. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
12. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
13. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
14. The sixth month of the civil year.
22. Something causes misery or death.
25. State in northeastern India.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. A motley assortment of things.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. Prepared by cutting.
34. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
35. Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind.
38. Relating to or containing acetic acid.
41. Being one more than one hundred.
43. Type genus of the Amiidae.
44. A doctor's degree in optometry.
46. 16 ounces.
47. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
50. A tumor of bone tissue.
51. The dull explosive noise made by an engine.
52. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
54. A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo.
55. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
62. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
64. On or toward the lee.
65. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
66. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
67. A Russian river.
68. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
71. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
72. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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