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1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
5. Of or relating to Libya or its people.
11. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. Put into a rage.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
20. A framework that supports climbing plants.
21. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
22. An associate degree in nursing.
23. Widely known and esteemed.
25. A Japanese supervisor.
27. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
28. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
29. Grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
37. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California.
41. Squash bugs.
45. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Tropical African herbs.
50. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
52. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
54. Offering fun and gaiety.
55. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
57. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
58. Singing jazz.
61. A province in north-central China.
64. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
68. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
72. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
78. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A primeval personification of air and breath.
3. The bill in a restaurant.
4. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
5. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
6. Normally existing at birth.
7. Loud confused noise from many sources.
8. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages.
9. How long something has existed.
10. North American water snakes.
11. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
12. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
13. River in eastern Asia.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
19. Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
24. Type genus of the Majidae.
26. The basic unit of money in China.
30. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
31. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
33. Dividing an animal into right and left halves.
34. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
38. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop.
42. A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs.
46. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
51. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
53. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
56. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
59. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
60. An elaborate song for solo voice.
62. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
63. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
67. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
69. Of southern Europe.
70. An accountant certified by the state.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Being nine more than ninety.
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