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1. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
4. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees.
12. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
15. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
16. Make love.
17. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Away from the mouth or oral region.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. An indistinct shapeless form.
24. An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.
26. Crowd or pack to capacity.
27. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
30. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
32. Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution.
34. The cry made by sheep.
37. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
38. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
40. Something causes misery or death.
42. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
46. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
47. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
48. Capital of Armenia.
50. Before noon.
52. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
54. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
55. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
60. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).
68. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
72. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
75. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
76. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
77. Of or relating to Fabianism.
79. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
80. A small cake leavened with yeast.
81. Find repugnant.
82. A quantity of no importance.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. A learner who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study.
4. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
5. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
6. Morning glory.
7. Of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people.
8. By bad luck.
9. An extreme state of adversity.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. A master's degree in education.
12. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
21. Capable of being acted.
23. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
25. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
28. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
29. Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
33. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
35. Deprive of certain characteristics.
36. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.
39. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
41. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
57. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. An opening that permits escape or release.
67. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
69. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
70. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
71. God of death.
73. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
74. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
78. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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