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1. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
4. The tenth month of the Moslem calendar.
11. A metallic tapping sound.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. An industrial city in south central Finland.
17. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
18. The first month of the year.
19. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
20. A formal expression of praise.
21. Type genus of the Juglandaceae.
23. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
25. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
26. An associate degree in nursing.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
30. The father of your father or mother.
34. Type genus of the Hirundinidae.
38. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
41. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
42. Wear away.
43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. Being one more than three.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
47. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
53. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
55. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
56. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
63. A state in northwestern North America.
67. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
72. A branch of the Tai languages.
73. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
77. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
78. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
80. A light touch or stroke.
81. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
82. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. A vigorous blow.
4. Cut off or left behind.
5. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
6. Pleasantly occupied.
7. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing).
8. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
9. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. The tenth month of the civil year.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
13. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
14. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
22. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
24. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
29. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
31. Spiritually reborn or converted.
32. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. Chief port of Yemen.
35. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
36. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
37. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
39. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
40. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
48. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
50. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
57. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
59. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
64. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Jordan's port.
68. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
69. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
70. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
71. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
74. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
76. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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