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1. Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.
5. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
12. A nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Australian evergreen shrubs.
17. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
18. The husk of an ear of corn.
20. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
22. Complacently or inanely foolish.
25. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
28. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
36. City in central Iran.
38. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
41. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
46. Strong and sharp.
47. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Being nine more than forty.
51. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
54. Small East Indian shrubby mint.
57. Inquire about.
58. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
63. The father of your father or mother.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Old World herbs and subshrubs.
72. A telegram sent abroad.
73. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
74. A rester who is sleeping.
76. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
77. A light touch or stroke.
78. A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings.
79. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
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1. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
2. Isolated from others.
3. Lean end of the neck.
4. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
5. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
6. Something left after other parts have been taken away.
7. A kind of person.
8. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
12. Susceptible to being defeated.
13. United States filmmaker (1902-1981).
14. Having a tone of a reed instrument.
19. Dyed with henna.
21. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
23. In bed.
24. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
26. An associate degree in applied science.
27. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. Offensively discourteous.
34. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
35. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
37. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
39. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
40. The capital and largest city of Norway.
42. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
45. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
55. Somewhat elderly.
56. Able to be put to use.
59. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
60. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
61. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
62. Moving very fast.
64. Avatar of Vishnu.
65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
66. Relatively deep or strong.
67. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
68. A vigorous blow.
71. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
75. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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