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1. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
5. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true.
11. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
15. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
16. Oblong cream puff.
17. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox.
18. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. A wound made by cutting.
22. A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
26. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
35. A student who studies excessively.
38. A loss of will power.
40. The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.
42. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
43. Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).
46. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
49. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
50. A state in south central United States.
52. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
54. A pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance.
55. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
56. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
58. Type genus of the Caviidae.
61. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. Any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline).
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
69. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
72. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
74. An associate degree in applied science.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
79. Not divisible by two.
80. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
81. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
2. Not fake or counterfeit.
3. A visual display of information.
4. The capital and largest city of Iran.
5. A Mid-Atlantic state.
6. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. Roman statesman who became emperor of Rome after defeating Mark Antony at Actium (63 BC - AD 14).
12. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
13. Of the color of rust.
14. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
23. The month following February and preceding April.
25. 10 jiao equal 1 yuan.
27. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
29. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).
32. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
33. North American bluebirds.
34. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
36. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
37. A soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
39. A fabric woven with lisle thread.
41. Before noon.
44. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
45. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
47. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
48. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
53. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
57. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
59. Reject with contempt.
60. Extremely cold.
62. Wearing or provided with clothing.
64. On or toward the lee.
66. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
70. The residue that remains when something is burned.
71. An accountant certified by the state.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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