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1. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
4. Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
12. Inquire about.
15. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
16. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. Informal terms for objecting.
21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
22. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
24. Of or relating to a dialect of Sotho or the Bantu people who speak it.
26. A daughter of your brother or sister.
28. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
33. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
37. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot.
44. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
45. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
49. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
50. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
51. Being susceptible to persuasion.
54. A kiln for drying hops.
55. God of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children.
58. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
59. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
61. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
63. A river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River.
66. Traveling on horseback.
70. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.
71. The academic world.
74. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
77. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
78. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
79. A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite.
80. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
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1. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
2. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
3. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
7. (computer science) A rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input.
8. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
9. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
10. Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.
11. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. The act of scanning.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
19. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
23. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
25. Confused movement.
27. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
30. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
32. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
34. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
35. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
36. Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981).
38. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
39. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
40. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
43. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
46. Ludicrously odd.
47. Of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language.
52. Fiddler crabs.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
56. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
57. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
60. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
62. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
64. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
65. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
67. A Hindu prince or king in India.
68. The second largest city in Tunisia.
69. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
72. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
73. A commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients.
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