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1. The last (12th) month of the year.
4. Marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
16. The first month of the Islamic calendar.
17. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
20. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
21. Defeated in a competition.
23. Being three more than fifty.
24. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
25. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
26. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
30. Before noon.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
41. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
43. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
45. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
46. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
47. A native-born Israeli.
50. German biologist and philosopher.
53. A movable barrier used in motor racing.
55. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
57. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
58. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. A member of a Hindu people descended from Brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal.
71. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
73. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
74. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
75. Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
79. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
80. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
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1. The face of a timepiece.
2. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
3. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
4. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
6. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
7. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
8. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
9. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
10. The bill in a restaurant.
11. The ending of a series or sequence.
12. A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions.
13. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
14. (informal) Someone whose style is out of fashion.
19. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
22. Durable fragrant wood.
27. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
28. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
29. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
31. Used at the dining table.
34. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
35. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
36. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship.
38. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
39. A useful or valuable quality.
42. Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.
44. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
48. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. A genus of Fringillidae.
51. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
54. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
56. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
61. Goddess of war.
62. Being one more than fifty.
64. A person who makes use of a thing.
65. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
66. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
67. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
68. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
69. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
70. Slightly open.
72. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
76. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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