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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. A short sleeveless undergarment for women.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. The month following March and preceding May.
16. The academic world.
17. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
18. Resistant to change of position or condition.
20. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
21. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
22. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
25. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
27. In the process of being born or beginning.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
31. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
40. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
41. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
46. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
48. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
50. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
51. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
53. A city in northwestern Syria.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
60. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
69. The cry made by sheep.
70. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
72. Jordan's port.
74. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
75. Relating to or characteristic of Jainism.
77. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
78. An informal term for a father.
79. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
80. On or toward the lee.
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1. A Bantu language.
2. An artificial language.
3. Type genus of the Bramidae.
4. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Informal terms for a mother.
7. The content of cognition.
8. Slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat.
9. Providing for many things at once.
10. Gracefully slender.
11. Take in solid food.
12. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
13. Muscular strength.
14. Lean end of the neck.
19. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
32. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
33. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. Having an owner.
38. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
39. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
44. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
45. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
47. Quick and energetic.
49. A decree that prohibits something.
54. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
55. A light touch or stroke.
57. Small songbirds resembling larks.
59. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
61. Avatar of Vishnu.
62. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
63. A Hindu prince or king in India.
64. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
65. Posing no difficulty.
66. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
67. A French abbot.
68. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
73. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
76. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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