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1. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
4. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. A space that is contained within another space.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. (botany) Tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed.
20. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
21. Tag the base runner to get him out.
22. The sixth month of the civil year.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. Genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies.
27. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
29. Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
30. An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river.
33. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
37. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
38. A loud harsh or strident noise.
39. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
40. Draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight.
45. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
46. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
49. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
50. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
52. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
54. Offering little or no hope.
56. Half the width of an em.
57. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
61. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
63. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
65. A bachelor's degree in religion.
66. A Hindu prince or king in India.
69. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
70. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
73. Used of a single unit or thing.
74. Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
77. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
78. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
79. Of or relating to or near the pudendum.
80. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
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1. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
2. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
3. Offering fun and gaiety.
4. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
5. An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. The act of using.
8. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
9. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
10. A dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug).
11. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
12. God of fire.
13. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
14. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
19. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
24. A decree that prohibits something.
26. Be in contradiction with.
28. Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America.
31. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
32. Provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance.
34. An iconic mental representation.
35. Speak in a nasal voice.
36. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
42. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
43. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
44. A local computer network for communication between computers.
47. French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898).
48. A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet.
51. Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).
53. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
58. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
59. (music) Brought to correct pitch.
60. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
62. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
64. A doctor's degree in music.
67. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
68. The highest level or degree attainable.
71. (British) Informal term for information.
72. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
75. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
76. A state in midwestern United States.
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