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1. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
5. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. On or toward the lee.
16. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
17. Toward the mouth or oral region.
18. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
19. Suffering from irrational fears.
20. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
21. A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River.
23. Of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne.
25. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
27. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
28. Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
39. Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries.
43. A telegram sent abroad.
44. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
45. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
50. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
52. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
53. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
55. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
60. Take in solid food.
63. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
66. Small Asiatic wild bird.
68. An ideal instance.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
76. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
77. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
78. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
80. A notable achievement.
81. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
82. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. Made of fir or pine.
4. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
5. Bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills.
6. Common house and field crickets.
7. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
8. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
9. Someone employed to conduct others.
10. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
11. (Irish) Goddess.
12. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
13. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
14. Chief port of Yemen.
22. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. Declared but not proved.
29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
32. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
33. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
38. Lower in esteem.
40. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
41. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. The sixth month of the civil year.
47. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
51. A succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind.
56. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
59. God of death.
61. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
62. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
64. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
65. A genus of Ploceidae.
67. In bed.
69. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. A quantity of no importance.
74. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
75. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
79. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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