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1. Having much flesh (especially fat).
4. Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels.
12. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. An unexpected slide.
17. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
18. Type genus of the Coraciidae.
20. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
21. Step on it.
22. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
23. The month following January and preceding March.
25. The capital and largest city of Greece.
27. (Irish folklore) A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
28. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
30. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. True lizards.
35. British slang.
39. Having the slant of a bevel.
41. Employed in accomplishing something.
43. Family based on male descent.
44. A Formosan language.
46. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
48. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
49. God of war.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
60. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
64. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
68. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
69. A large fleet.
72. Remaining after all deductions.
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
76. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
77. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
78. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
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1. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
2. Terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc..
3. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
4. Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds.
5. Being one more than six.
6. Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
7. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
8. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
9. The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
11. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
13. The basic unit of money in Zaire.
14. Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers.
19. Similar or related in quality or character.
24. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
29. Having help.
31. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
32. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
34. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).
38. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
40. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
42. Either extremity of something that has length.
45. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
56. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
57. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.
58. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
59. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
61. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
62. God of death.
63. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
65. Chief port of Yemen.
66. Being precisely fitting and right.
67. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
70. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Being nine more than ninety.
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