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1. (British) Sleep.
4. Separate by abscission.
11. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. Instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
17. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
18. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
19. A person who groans.
20. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
21. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
23. Soft creamy white cheese.
25. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
35. Ground snakes.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
41. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. A white trivalent metallic element.
44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
46. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
47. Power to control.
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
51. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
53. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
54. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
56. (informal) Very bad.
57. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
62. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
65. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
73. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
75. God of death.
76. A large quantity of written matter.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. Extremely pleasing.
81. An informal term for a father.
82. Inability to stand due to muscular incoordination.
83. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
3. (British) An abbreviation of pantomime.
4. Build up to a level by depositing sediment.
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
6. A coarse obnoxious person.
7. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
8. Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions.
9. Climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers.
10. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
11. 16th President of the United States.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. A young woman.
14. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
22. A port city in southwestern Iran.
24. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
27. South African term for `boss'.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. (law) A gift of personal property by will.
33. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
34. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
36. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
37. English film actress (1913-1967).
39. Lower in esteem.
43. A radioactive transuranic element.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
50. Fallow deer.
52. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
55. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
58. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
59. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
63. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
64. An island of central Hawaii.
66. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
67. Wearing or provided with clothing.
68. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
69. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
72. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
74. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
78. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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