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1. Stalk of a moss capsule.
5. The doctrine or belief that there is no God.
12. A rapid bustling commotion.
15. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
16. A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis).
17. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
18. A person who makes use of a thing.
19. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
21. Tropical Asian starlings.
23. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
24. Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
26. The final stages of an extended process of negotiation.
29. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
30. A resident of Alabama.
33. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
46. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
49. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
52. Having two axes.
54. An informal term for a father.
55. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
57. Not based on fact.
59. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
62. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
63. Derived by copying something else.
66. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
70. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
71. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. The basic unit of money in Albania.
76. The area in which something exists or lives.
78. (Irish) The sea personified.
79. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
80. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence of an undesirable condition.
81. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. Foam or froth on the sea.
2. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein.
3. A general direction in which something tends to move.
4. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
7. Not easy.
8. Either extremity of something that has length.
9. A steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall.
10. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
11. A state in New England.
12. By bad luck.
13. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
14. Look at with amorous intentions.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
25. Tag the base runner to get him out.
27. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
28. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
31. A covered passageway.
32. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
34. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
35. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
36. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. A state in northwestern North America.
43. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
45. The basic unit of money in Macao.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. Fallow deer.
50. State of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior.
53. A flowering shrub.
56. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
58. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
60. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
61. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
64. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
67. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
68. In bed.
69. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
72. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
73. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
77. A state in New England.
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