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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. A religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
12. Any of various units of capacity.
15. Serving as or forming a base.
16. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
17. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
18. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.
19. The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth.
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
22. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
24. Dark reddish-purple table grape of California.
26. Tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome.
28. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
30. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
32. Speaking a Slavic language.
35. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
38. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
39. A genus of Mustelidae.
40. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
41. The act of accumulating.
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. Clean or orderly.
49. Not present.
53. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
54. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
55. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
56. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
60. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
63. City in central Iran.
67. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
72. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. A human limb.
76. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
77. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
78. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. Lie adjacent to another.
2. God of death.
3. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
4. Dyed with henna.
5. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
6. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
7. King of the Huns.
8. A sudden short attack.
9. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
10. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
11. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
12. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
13. Soft creamy white cheese.
14. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
23. Curving inward.
25. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
27. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
29. From sins, as in religious dogma.
31. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
33. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
34. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
36. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
37. A soft silvery metallic element.
42. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
43. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
46. European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century.
47. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
50. Refresh one's memory.
51. Extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head.
52. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
57. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
58. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
59. A radioactive transuranic element.
61. Toward the mouth or oral region.
62. A quantity of no importance.
64. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
65. In bed.
66. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
68. The sixth day of the week.
69. Towards the side away from the wind.
73. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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