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1. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
4. A graphic character used in ideography.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. Elder brother of Krishna.
17. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
18. The highest level or degree attainable.
20. Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune.
21. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
22. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
23. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
24. Coarse edible red seaweed.
26. South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918).
28. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
30. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
31. The act of reproducing recorded sound.
34. South African term for `boss'.
37. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
39. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
40. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
42. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
46. Not fed.
50. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
51. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
53. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
55. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
56. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
58. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
61. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
64. A motley assortment of things.
68. Rank-smelling tropical American pigweed.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
71. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
73. A master's degree in business.
74. Being one more than two.
75. Of or relating to or based on the manor.
76. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
77. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
78. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
2. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
3. A republic on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean.
4. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
5. An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
8. The father of your father or mother.
9. Lower oneself with a double rope coiled aroound the body from a mountainside.
10. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider).
12. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
13. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
14. American novelist (1909-1955).
19. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
25. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
27. A genus of Reduviidae.
29. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
32. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
33. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
35. (in ancient Rome) A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.
36. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
38. A port city in western France on the Loire estuary.
41. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. Follower of Rastafarianism.
47. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
48. The square of a body of any size of type.
49. Outer membrane covering an axon.
52. By bad luck.
54. A word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system.
57. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
59. A small skullcap.
60. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. A town in north central Oklahoma.
66. Set down according to a plan.
67. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
69. The basic unit of money in Iran.
72. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
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