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1. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
5. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
11. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. Not open.
17. The capital of Western Samoa.
18. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
21. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
27. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.
29. The basic unit of money in Albania.
32. 16 ounces.
34. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
37. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
40. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
41. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
43. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
45. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
47. An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.
48. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
50. Used of a single unit or thing.
51. The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals.
53. A person who owns or operates a ranch.
55. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
56. The cry made by sheep.
58. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
63. Made of fir or pine.
65. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
67. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
71. City in central Iran.
73. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
74. A sudden short attack.
75. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
78. God of love and erotic desire.
79. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
80. A motley assortment of things.
81. In bed.
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1. Speaking a Slavic language.
2. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
3. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
4. The act of swimming.
5. Informal terms for money.
6. Take away the weapons from.
7. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
8. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
12. With rapid movements.
13. The basic unit of money on Malta.
14. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
22. A rapid bustling commotion.
24. A pass between mountain peaks.
26. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
28. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
30. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
31. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. The first event in a series.
36. Old World woody vines.
38. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
39. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
44. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
46. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
49. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
52. The mother of Jesus.
54. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
57. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
59. Full of flavor.
60. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
62. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
64. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
66. A vigorous blow.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
69. Willing to face danger.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. A Russian river.
77. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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