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1. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
5. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
15. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
16. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
17. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
18. Deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States.
19. Repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning.
20. Wild and domestic cattle.
21. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
22. The act of drawing or hauling something.
25. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
40. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
41. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
42. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
43. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
46. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. (of movement) At an angle.
52. Made dim or less bright.
54. A woman sahib.
56. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
57. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
58. In bed.
60. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
63. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
65. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
69. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
72. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
74. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
77. Tag the base runner to get him out.
78. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
79. Elder brother of Krishna.
80. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. A tributary of the Rio Grande.
2. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
3. Sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina.
4. A reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs.
5. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
8. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
9. A rapid bustling commotion.
10. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
13. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
14. In addition.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
24. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
26. Baby bed with high sides.
27. Leave immediately.
29. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. Having dropped by the force of gravity.
32. A large fleet.
34. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
35. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
37. A town in north central Oklahoma.
39. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
44. East Indian annual erect herb.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
47. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
50. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
51. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
53. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
55. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
59. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
61. A Loloish language.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
66. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
67. Toward the mouth or oral region.
68. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
70. An accountant certified by the state.
71. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
76. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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