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1. (informal) Roused to anger.
4. Any period of seven consecutive days.
12. Not reflecting light.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges.
17. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
18. A medium for oil-paints.
20. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters.
21. Remaining after all deductions.
22. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
23. A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
25. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
27. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
29. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
31. (prefix) Within.
32. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
33. Sleep in a convenient place.
36. The sacred city of Lamaism.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
42. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
45. A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes.
48. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
51. A city and port in northern Jutland.
52. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
53. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
54. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
55. Member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence.
56. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
59. A state in north central United States.
60. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
66. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
69. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
73. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
75. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
77. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
78. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
82. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
83. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
84. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
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1. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
2. Of or relating to or involving an area.
3. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
4. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
5. Liveliness of mind or spirit.
6. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
8. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity.
9. The second day of the week.
10. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
11. Relieve from military service.
12. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
13. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
14. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
19. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
24. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.
26. The vein in the center of a leaf.
28. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
30. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
34. Not enough.
35. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
37. Squash bugs.
38. A Spanish title of respect for a man.
40. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
43. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
44. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
46. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
47. A person who acts and gets things done.
49. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
50. A female domestic.
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.
58. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
61. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
62. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
64. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
65. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
67. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
68. The top edge of a vessel.
70. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
71. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
72. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. Half the width of an em.
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