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1. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
4. Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
12. A light touch or stroke.
15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. Coarse food high in fiber but low in nutrients.
17. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
18. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
19. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
20. Indigo bush.
22. English inventor who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
25. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
30. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
33. A communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc.
38. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
39. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
41. An informal term for a father.
42. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
43. Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.
47. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture.
51. On or toward the lee.
53. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork.
55. Breed of sled dog developed in Alaska.
58. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
59. A woman of refinement.
60. Extremely pleasing.
63. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
66. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
69. Jordan's port.
71. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
73. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
74. A human female who does housework.
76. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
77. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
78. A motley assortment of things.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
2. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
3. A soft whitish calcite.
4. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
5. Famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769).
6. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
7. How long something has existed.
8. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
9. A slight amount or degree of difference.
10. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
11. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
12. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
21. A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying).
23. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
24. Injured by bites or stings.
26. A large fleet.
27. A ray of moonlight.
31. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
32. A covered passageway.
34. Wife of Balder.
35. Someone whose employment involves carrying something.
36. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
37. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
40. Steering mechanism for a vessel.
44. Rounded like an egg.
45. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
46. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
48. Affording or marked by rest or repose.
52. Leatherleaf ferns.
54. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
56. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
57. 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.
61. A Loloish language.
62. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. (informal) Exceptionally good.
65. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
67. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
68. A French abbot.
70. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
72. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
75. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
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