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1. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
5. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
12. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
15. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
16. (astronomy) "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system".
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. A sweet served as the last course of a meal.
20. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
21. Some point in the air.
22. Being one more than one hundred.
23. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers.
25. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A small quantity of liquid.
32. A commercial airplane that carries passengers.
36. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
37. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
38. A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas.
40. The father of your father or mother.
43. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
44. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
45. The capital of Western Samoa.
48. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
49. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
51. Having been read.
52. A genus of Indriidae.
56. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
57. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
60. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
61. Marked by the reception of pay.
64. Carry out or participate in an activity.
69. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
70. Small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings.
73. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
74. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
75. Someone whose occupation is printing.
76. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
77. A town in north central Oklahoma.
78. A salt or ester of acetic acid.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
2. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. A medium for oil-paints.
5. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
6. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
7. Not clearly understood or expressed.
8. United States baseball player (born in 1920).
9. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
10. A person who commits larceny.
11. Showily imitative of art or artists.
12. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
13. The basic unit of money in Peru.
14. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
26. 100 qindarka equal 1 lek.
27. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
30. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
31. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
33. Any plant of the genus Erica.
34. German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832).
35. Oil palms.
39. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
41. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
42. A city of central China.
46. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
50. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
53. A garment that covers the head and face.
54. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
55. A Java application.
58. Characteristic of humanity.
59. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
62. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. An indirect suggestion.
66. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
71. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
72. Compete for something.
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