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1. A blind god.
5. Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
12. Water frozen in the solid state.
15. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
16. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
17. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
18. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
20. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
21. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
22. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
23. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
25. A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
26. A town in east central Indiana.
28. Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia.
31. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
32. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
35. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
39. An Asian river between China and Russia.
41. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
43. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
45. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
47. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
51. Genus of woody Asiatic vines.
53. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
60. A state in northwestern North America.
64. Lose blood from one's body.
66. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. A branch of the Tai languages.
69. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
73. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
74. Make larger.
76. A light touch or stroke.
77. A sudden desire.
78. Indicating the most important performer or role.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. One who works hard at boring tasks.
2. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
3. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
4. A motley assortment of things.
5. A resident of Idaho.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
8. A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives.
9. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
10. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
11. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
12. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
13. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
14. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
19. Type genus of the Gavidae.
24. Squash bugs.
27. Of or relating to the urethra.
29. A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief.
30. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
34. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
37. Climbing vine native to China.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
44. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
46. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
50. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
52. Lower in esteem.
54. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. (plural) Any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.
58. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
59. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
61. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Jordan's port.
65. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
67. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
70. The foot of a human being.
71. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
72. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
75. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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