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1. Hairpiece covering the head and made of human or synthetic hair.
4. Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche.
12. Informal terms for a mother.
15. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
16. The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity.
17. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
18. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
20. Term of address for a man.
21. A lake in northwestern Russia.
22. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
23. Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter.
25. The cry made by sheep.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
30. After noon.
32. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
33. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
35. The basic unit of money in Iran.
37. A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine.
41. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
45. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
46. A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea.
49. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
50. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
51. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
53. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
55. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
58. On or toward the lee.
59. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
60. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
62. Of textiles.
68. Thought to derive from meteorites.
72. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
73. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
79. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
80. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
81. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
2. The eighth month of the civil year.
3. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
4. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
7. A person who passes by casually or by chance.
8. (especially of plants) Developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light.
9. Enchanter's nightshade.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A town in north central Oklahoma.
12. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
13. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
14. An atom having a valence of one.
19. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira.
24. The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
27. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
29. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
31. Ancient Persian god of light and truth.
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
38. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
39. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
40. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
42. English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799).
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
47. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
48. Neuralgia along the sciatic nerve.
52. Having the slant of a bevel.
54. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
56. Before noon.
57. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
61. Jordan's port.
63. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
64. Informal terms for a mother.
65. An informal term for a father.
66. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
67. A quantity of no importance.
69. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
70. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
71. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
74. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
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