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1. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
5. Rushing about hastily in an undignified way.
12. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
15. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
16. An ancient board game resembling backgammon.
17. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
18. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
20. Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage).
22. Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
24. Extreme mental retardation.
26. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
27. To fix or set securely or deeply.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
35. Fallow deer.
37. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
40. A native-born Israeli.
42. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
45. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
46. Talking idly or incoherently.
49. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
50. An associate degree in nursing.
51. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
55. Two items of the same kind.
58. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
60. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
62. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
66. A person forced to flee from home or country.
68. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
70. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
72. A telegram sent abroad.
75. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
76. A fraudulent business scheme.
78. (Greek mythology) The supreme god of ancient mythology.
79. God of love and erotic desire.
80. A native of ancient Troy.
81. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
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1. Continuing or remaining in a place or state.
2. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
3. Remote in manner.
4. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
5. A German machine gun.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. Causing a dull and steady pain.
8. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
9. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
10. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
11. A state in New England.
12. The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart.
13. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
14. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
19. South African term for `boss'.
21. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
23. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
30. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
31. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
33. 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.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
38. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
39. A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence.
41. Divulge information or secrets.
43. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
47. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
48. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
52. Unlicensed drinking establishment.
56. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. A country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean.
61. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
63. A solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print.
64. The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes.
65. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
67. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
69. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
71. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
73. The month following March and preceding May.
74. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
77. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
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