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1. Occurring widely (as to many people).
5. A windlass rotated in a horizontal plane.
12. An enclosed space.
15. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
16. Sharply exact or accurate or delimited.
17. A rapid bustling commotion.
18. A large fleet.
19. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
24. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
26. A Hindu prince or king in India.
28. Jordan's port.
30. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
33. A kind of person.
37. Avoid and stay away from deliberately.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
44. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
45. A town in central Belgium.
46. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
49. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
50. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
51. Being three more than fifty.
53. The constellation that includes the southern celestial pole.
55. A boy or man.
56. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
58. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
60. River boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails.
65. A state in southeastern United States.
66. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
69. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
70. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates.
72. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
73. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
74. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
76. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).
79. By bad luck.
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1. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
2. The month following March and preceding May.
3. Wood of a sumac.
4. A man who serves as a sailor.
5. An accountant certified by the state.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
8. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
9. A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell.
10. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
11. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
12. A deep bow.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
22. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
23. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
25. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
27. The capital and chief port of Paraguay.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. Used especially in treating bruises.
32. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
34. Of a pale purple color.
35. A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire.
36. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
38. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
41. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
42. Any of various units of capacity.
43. Of or relating to neuroglia.
47. A whetstone for use with oil.
48. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
52. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
54. A candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall.
57. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
62. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
63. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
64. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
67. Fallow deer.
68. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
71. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
75. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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