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1. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
5. Become slow or slower.
12. A light touch or stroke.
15. By bad luck.
16. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
20. A master's degree in literature.
22. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
24. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
25. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
28. An expression of greeting.
29. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
34. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
41. A major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
46. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
47. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
48. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
51. Lower in esteem.
53. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
56. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. (in Scotland) A child.
60. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
61. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
62. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
66. Further or added.
70. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
71. Easy to handle or use or manage.
73. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
75. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
76. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
77. Related to or affected by aphasia.
79. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
80. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
81. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. Sound of strumming.
6. The sacred city of Lamaism.
7. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
8. Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
9. A festival featuring African-American culture.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. (classical mythology) A minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden.
12. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
13. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. Everyone except the clergy.
23. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. Someone whose business is advertising.
30. Cut or impressed into a surface.
33. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
35. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
36. Squash bugs.
37. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail.
39. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
40. German mathematician (1804-1851).
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
49. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
52. Obvious and dull.
54. Used of old persons or old trees.
55. (zoology) Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida.
58. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
59. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
63. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
67. Being one more than twelve.
68. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
69. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
72. Noisy talk.
74. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
78. An informal term for a father.
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