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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.
12. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. City in central Iran.
17. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
18. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
19. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
24. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
35. United States writer (1871-1900).
39. The 4th planet from the sun.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
44. A republic in northwestern South America.
46. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
47. Before noon.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
52. Be seated.
53. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
59. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
62. A large number or amount.
64. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
66. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
70. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
71. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
75. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
76. A natural protective covering of the body.
78. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
79. The small projection of a mammary gland.
80. Wool of the alpaca.
81. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. Liquid that is spilled.
7. Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
10. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
11. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
12. A city in southeastern South Korea.
13. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
14. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
20. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
22. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
32. Cause to suffer.
33. Inflammation of the iris.
34. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
36. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
37. Being one more than two.
38. Squash bugs.
41. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
42. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
45. Informal terms for a mother.
50. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
54. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
55. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
57. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
58. United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963).
60. An active and efficient cause.
61. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
63. Jordan's port.
65. Resembling or similar.
67. The sixth month of the civil year.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
69. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
72. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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