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1. In bed.
5. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
16. The act of arousing.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
19. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
20. A master's degree in business.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
23. A three-tone Chadic language.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room.
30. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
40. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
42. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
43. The father of your father or mother.
45. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
49. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
53. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
54. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
55. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
59. Situated in front of the anus.
61. A theatrical performer.
65. Pasta shaped like pearls of barley.
66. Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
69. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
72. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
73. On the move.
75. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
76. (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.
77. A pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers.
79. The second day of the week.
80. A small wooded hollow.
81. (British) A pale cane syrup.
82. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
8. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
9. Wild ginger.
10. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
27. Ground snakes.
29. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
32. Dry white Italian wine from Verona.
34. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
37. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
38. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
46. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
50. Produce ankylosis by surgery.
51. Make famous for ever.
52. A brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form.
56. The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
57. Affected by or full of grief or woe.
58. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
60. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
62. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
63. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
64. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
67. Deeply moved.
68. Of or relating to near the ear.
70. A blast of a horn.
71. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
74. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
78. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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