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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
12. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
15. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
16. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
17. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
18. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
19. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
20. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
22. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
24. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.
25. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
27. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
35. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
38. Jordan's port.
42. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
43. Toward the mouth or oral region.
45. Distant in either space or time.
46. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
47. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. Type genus of the Bramidae.
55. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
57. An affirmative.
58. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
61. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
64. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
79. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
80. A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council).
81. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
82. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
83. A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
84. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
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1. A republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. Offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
4. (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
5. A town in south central Washington.
6. The month following March and preceding May.
7. The brightest star in Virgo.
8. Made warm or hot.
9. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
10. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
11. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.
12. Not having a head or formed without a head.
13. Highly excited.
14. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract.
21. Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel.
23. A humming noise.
26. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
28. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
30. A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
33. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
34. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
36. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
37. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. Unknown god.
40. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
41. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
53. A granitic rock composed of quartz and mica.
54. Formed of two different metals or alloys.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. An informal term for a father.
60. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
62. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
63. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
65. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
66. An elaborate song for solo voice.
68. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
69. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
71. A quantity that is added.
72. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
73. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
75. Tag the base runner to get him out.
76. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
77. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
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