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1. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
5. A dictator or dictatorial person.
11. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
15. The content of cognition.
16. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
17. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
18. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. Type genus of the Felidae.
20. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
21. The square of a body of any size of type.
22. A detachment used for security or reconnaissance.
25. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
27. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
29. Informal terms for a meal.
30. A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people.
34. In operation or operational.
35. Morally bad in principle or practice.
37. (classical mythology) A minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden.
40. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
43. Any competition.
44. Being one more than one.
45. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
47. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
51. Make editorial changes (in a text).
52. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
54. Causing to become tranquil.
55. Deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees.
57. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
59. A slender double-reed instrument.
60. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
61. (used especially of meats) Preserved in salt.
63. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
66. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
67. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
71. A heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who are favored by the gods can go when they die.
73. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
74. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
75. (Sumerian) Sun god.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
80. A master's degree in education.
81. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
82. A case for containing a set of articles.
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1. An established ceremony prescribed by a religion.
2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
3. The month following January and preceding March.
4. The capital of Nationalist China.
5. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
6. American civil rights worker in Mississippi.
7. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea.
8. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
9. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
10. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. In an insincerely false manner.
12. Enthusiastic approval.
13. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
14. Status with respect to the relations between people or groups.
23. (Welsh myth) The other world.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A severe or trying experience.
31. Not neat and tidy.
33. Register formally.
36. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
38. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
39. A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other.
41. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
42. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
46. One species.
48. Fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals.
49. Submerged freshwater perennials.
50. Top part of an apron.
53. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
56. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
58. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
62. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
64. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
65. (Welsh) A warrior god.
68. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
69. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
70. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
72. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
77. 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.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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