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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. A walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang.
12. Any of various units of capacity.
15. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
16. A person who worships idols.
17. Being one more than two.
18. A form of address for a married woman.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
20. An artificial language.
22. A firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
24. A kind of person.
25. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
26. 1 species.
28. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
30. A geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam.
31. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
35. A formal expression of praise.
37. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
39. Type genus of the Soleidae.
40. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
41. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
44. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
45. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
47. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
50. That is to say.
51. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
52. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
54. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
59. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
61. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
63. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).
67. Relating to or accompanying birth.
69. 1/10 gram.
70. A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.
72. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
75. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
76. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
77. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
78. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
79. A stock exchange in New York.
80. Having winglike extensions.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. (informal) "in the dumps".
2. (nautical) Of an anchor.
3. Kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation v 1.
4. An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco.
5. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
6. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
7. Someone who claims a benefit or right or title.
8. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
9. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. Your basis for belief or disbelief.
12. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
13. A coffin along with its stand.
14. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
21. Small genus of dwarf orchids.
23. Absent without permission.
27. Not firmly or solidly positioned.
29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
32. United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River.
33. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
36. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
38. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
42. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
43. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
48. Direct opposite.
49. Tall hat.
55. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
56. (trademark) An antacid.
57. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
58. A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.
60. 1 species.
62. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
64. All the plant life in a particular region.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
68. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
71. A sudden short attack.
73. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
74. Of the blackest black.
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