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1. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
4. A thief who grabs and runs.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. Broadcast via television.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. The capital and largest city of Poland.
20. A large and imposing house.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. Related on the mother's side.
23. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe.
25. A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
34. Balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine.
37. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
40. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
41. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
43. More than enough in size or scope or capacity.
46. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
48. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
49. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
50. Of or relating to or involving an area.
51. Used of men.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
53. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
56. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
57. Praise, glorify, or honor.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
73. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
75. A Loloish language.
76. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
77. A sailboat with a single mast set far forward.
78. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
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1. A person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or over-familiar manner.
2. Complacently or inanely foolish.
3. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
4. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
5. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
8. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
9. Located at or near the back of an animal.
10. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
11. The act of entering again.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
19. The usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant.
24. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
26. A deep bow.
27. Any of the languages spoken by the Lapp people and generally assumed to be Uralic languages.
31. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
32. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
33. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
35. A drama set to music.
36. Industrial city of Belarus southeast of Minsk.
38. The striking of one body against another.
39. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
42. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
44. A Loloish language.
45. Informal terms for a mother.
47. Greek mythology.
54. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
55. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
58. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
59. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
60. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
62. In bed.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
66. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
67. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
68. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
70. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
71. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
74. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
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