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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. A dense growth of bushes.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. Deserving or inciting pity.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
20. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Unwind from or as if from a reel.
23. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
25. American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799).
28. Periapsis in Earth orbit.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
40. Someone who eats no animal products at all.
44. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
45. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
50. Any taillike structure.
52. Enthusiastic approval.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. Not easy.
59. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
61. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
64. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
68. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
69. A cleric who ordains.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. The longest division of geological time.
75. The state of being actual or real.
76. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
77. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
78. Arrange or combine in pairs.
79. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
2. Most important element.
3. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
4. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
5. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
8. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. (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.
11. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
12. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
19. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
24. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
26. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
27. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
29. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
30. A feeling of intense anger.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
33. Make or cause to be or to become.
36. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
37. Black tropical American cuckoo.
39. Praise, glorify, or honor.
41. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
42. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A victim who is murdered.
47. Engage in a rehearsal (of).
51. A city and port in northern Jutland.
53. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
56. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
57. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
58. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
60. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
62. A slender double-reed instrument.
63. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
65. Type genus of the Ranidae.
66. A notice of someone's death.
67. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
70. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
71. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
72. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
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