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1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. A monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war.
12. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
15. (informal) Roused to anger.
16. Easily calmed or pacified.
17. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
18. How long something has existed.
19. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
21. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. A French policeman.
25. Muslim name for God.
27. United States writer (born in 1933).
28. 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.
31. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
35. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
38. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
40. The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island).
41. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
46. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
48. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
50. A state in northwestern North America.
51. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
52. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
53. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
54. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
56. Very attentive or observant.
60. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
61. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
63. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
65. Any plant of the genus Gerardia.
68. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
72. Last longer than others.
75. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
76. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. Water frozen in the solid state.
81. A small amount (especially of a drink).
82. Small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature.
83. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
3. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
4. An accountant certified by the state.
5. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
6. Tag the base runner to get him out.
7. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
8. A ballroom dance of Latin-American origin.
9. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
10. Type genus of the family Plantaginaceae.
11. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
12. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
13. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
14. A fit of shivering.
20. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
30. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
32. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
33. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
34. A city of southeastern Mexico.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
39. (voodooism) A spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body.
44. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
45. Small wooden bat with a flat surface.
47. The capital and largest city of Poland.
49. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. Move or stir about violently.
58. A city in central southwestern Iran.
59. Being two more than eighty.
62. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
64. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
66. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
67. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
69. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
70. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
71. In bed.
73. (Irish) The sea personified.
74. Goddess of fate.
78. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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