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1. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
4. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. A person who vomits.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
23. Bred for many generation from member of a recognized breed or strain.
24. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
25. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
26. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
29. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
32. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
33. The emotion of hate.
37. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
44. The airforce of Great Britain.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
49. Type genus of the family Paridae.
51. Torn down and broken up.
54. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
55. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
56. By bad luck.
57. Fruit of the oak tree.
59. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
61. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
62. Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. Used of a single unit or thing.
68. A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents.
73. The capital of Croatia.
75. A resident of Alabama.
77. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
78. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
81. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
82. A university in Connecticut.
83. Used of persons.
84. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
2. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
3. A person who makes use of a thing.
4. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation.
5. Someone who tells a story.
6. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
8. Extremely pleasing.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. Fallow deer.
13. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
14. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
19. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
22. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
27. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
28. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
30. Of or relating to or involving an area.
31. An oil port in southern Iraq.
34. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
35. Leather covering the toe of a boot or shoe and reinforcing or decorating it.
36. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
39. An earring with a pendant ornament.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. Wood of a sumac.
45. (Roman mythology) Ancient rural deity.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent.
52. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
53. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior.
60. Smeared thickly.
63. Squash bugs.
64. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
66. Someone whose business is advertising.
69. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
70. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
71. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
72. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
74. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
76. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
79. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
80. A state in New England.
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