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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
15. Be obliged to pay or repay.
16. Elephant seals.
17. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
18. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
20. A primeval personification of air and breath.
21. A collection of resources.
23. In an idle manner.
24. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
26. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
27. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
29. A state in New England.
30. Lower in esteem.
32. A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake).
35. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
38. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
39. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. The act of scanning.
43. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
45. Of or relating to coitus or copulation.
50. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
51. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
53. An informal term for a father.
57. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
59. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
62. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
63. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
67. Engage in a rehearsal (of).
70. Using speech rather than writing.
71. Decorated metal band worn around the head.
74. A master's degree in business.
75. Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment.
76. Of or relating to apnea.
77. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
79. A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
2. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
3. Showing extreme cupidity.
4. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
5. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
6. A native or inhabitant of Armenia.
7. Informal terms for dogs.
8. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
9. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
12. An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities.
13. Little known Kamarupan languages.
14. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
19. An athlete who is skilled in gymnastics.
22. A doctor's degree in music.
25. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
28. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
31. A slipper that is soft and wool (for babies).
33. Any location known for vice and corruption.
34. The food served and eaten at one time.
36. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
37. Follower of Rastafarianism.
40. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
44. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
46. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
47. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
52. Prone to friendly informal communication.
54. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship.
55. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
56. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
58. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration.
60. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
61. The sacred city of Lamaism.
64. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
68. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
69. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
72. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
73. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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