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1. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
5. Russian poet (1799-1837).
12. A decree that prohibits something.
15. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
16. Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
17. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
18. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
19. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
20. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
22. German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947).
24. A coffin along with its stand.
26. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
27. A city in northwestern Syria.
29. English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika.
31. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
34. Perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America.
38. Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
39. Having or using only one filament.
40. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. A radioactive transuranic element.
45. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
46. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
50. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
52. Island in West Indies.
53. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
55. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
56. An honorary degree in science.
57. In bed.
59. A doctor's degree in optometry.
61. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
64. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
67. Having a woven pattern.
70. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
72. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
74. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
75. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
76. A pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano).
79. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
80. A doctor's degree in education.
81. Something to be imitated.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any soft or soggy mass.
2. The twelfth month of the civil year.
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. A small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile.
5. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
6. Goddess of fate.
7. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
8. Any plant of the genus Hibiscus.
9. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
10. Being one more than one.
11. Tag the base runner to get him out.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
14. Type genus of the Nepidae.
21. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
23. A compact mass.
25. Antiquity that as survived from the distant past.
28. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
30. Important for human and animal food.
32. French lexicographer (1801-1881).
33. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
35. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
36. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
37. Derived by copying something else.
41. An informal term for a father.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
47. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
48. A guide who conducts and informs sightseers.
49. An intuitive awareness.
51. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
58. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).
60. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
62. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia (1868-1934).
63. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
65. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
66. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
71. A (usually rectangular) container.
73. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
78. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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