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1. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. Pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values.
12. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted.
17. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
18. A vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot).
20. United States filmmaker (1902-1981).
22. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
30. Someone who practices homosexuality.
34. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
37. A Mid-Atlantic state.
38. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
39. Large mackerel with long pointed snout.
40. A sudden abrupt pull.
43. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
44. Lower in esteem.
46. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
50. Of an instrument of certain death.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. How long something has existed.
58. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
61. (medicine) The act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.).
65. Having a woven pattern.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. A populous province in northeastern China.
72. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
73. Soft creamy white cheese.
74. Being ahead of time or need.
76. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
77. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
78. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920).
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A mistake resulting from inattention.
2. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
3. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
4. Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.
5. Of the most contemptible kind.
6. 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.
7. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
8. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
9. Relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
12. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
13. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
14. Fraught with extreme danger.
19. Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
21. Not only so, but.
23. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
24. Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
27. Before noon.
28. A warning against certain acts.
31. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
32. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
33. Used of mouth or eyes.
35. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
36. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
41. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
42. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
45. (informal) Exceptionally good.
48. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
51. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
55. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
59. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia (1868-1934).
60. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
62. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
63. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
64. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. God of love and erotic desire.
70. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
71. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
75. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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