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1. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Andorra or its people.
12. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line.
17. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
18. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system.
20. Based on the meter as a standard of measurement.
22. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
23. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
26. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
27. Having removed clothing.
30. Wool of the alpaca.
33. A ballplayer who is batting.
37. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
38. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
41. A narrow way or road.
42. Set of bells hung in a bell tower.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. At or constituting a border or edge.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. Of or relating to measure.
51. The products of human creativity.
52. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
54. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
57. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
59. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
66. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
67. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
70. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
71. A genus of Mustelidae.
72. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
74. Being six more than fifty.
75. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
76. Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope.
77. An affirmative.
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1. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
2. Little known Kamarupan languages.
3. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
4. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. Negation of a word or group of words.
6. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
7. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
8. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
9. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
10. A large fleet.
11. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
12. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
13. Being two identical.
14. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. Sports that involve bodies of water.
21. Disorderly fighting.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. A state in southeastern United States.
29. Someone who guards prisoners.
31. An athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball).
32. A father or mother.
34. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. Of or at or relating to an anode.
36. As of a conifer.
39. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
40. Forming or set at an angle.
43. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
48. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
49. A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money v 1.
50. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
53. A heathen (especially a Muslim).
55. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
56. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
58. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
60. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
61. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
62. 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.
63. In an idle manner.
64. The act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports).
65. English essayist (1775-1834).
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Being one more than nine.
73. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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