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1. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
5. A slight or partial paralysis.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
15. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
16. Divide (bulk material) and process as units.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A cruel and brutal fellow.
19. Wife of Balder.
21. An Asian river between China and Russia.
23. Not easy.
24. A woman of refinement.
25. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
26. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
32. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
38. (Irish) The sea personified.
39. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
41. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. (Roman mythology) God of love.
46. European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison.
49. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
50. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
51. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
53. Loose temporary stitches.
57. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
59. Diapsid reptiles.
64. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828).
68. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
70. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
71. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
72. With shoulders drooping.
75. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
76. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
77. Annual or perennial grasses of warm regions.
78. A notable achievement.
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1. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
2. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1.
3. One or more recordings issued together.
4. Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews.
5. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
6. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
7. The basic unit of money in Iran.
8. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
9. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
10. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
11. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
14. With no effort to conceal.
20. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
28. A slender double-reed instrument.
29. Fallow deer.
30. A town on Long Island in New York.
31. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
33. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
34. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
35. Lower in esteem.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
47. A unit of pressure.
48. Make less active or intense.
52. Basic principles of the cosmos.
54. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
55. A decree that prohibits something.
56. Collect or gather.
58. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
60. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
61. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
62. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
63. Pulled or drawn tight.
65. A fit of shivering.
66. Not widely known.
67. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
69. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
73. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
74. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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