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1. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
4. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
11. Informal terms for a mother.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A bed supporting a road.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. The final stages of an extended process of negotiation.
20. An account describing incidents or events.
21. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe.
23. Combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. The range within which a voice can be heard.
29. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
31. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
32. The square of a body of any size of type.
33. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
37. Suggestive of the supernatural.
41. Sound of something in rapid motion.
42. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
45. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
49. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
52. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
54. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
55. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
58. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. Hair resembling thatched roofing material.
62. Baseball player with the New York Yankees.
68. Suggestive of the supernatural.
71. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
72. Someone who devotes themselves completely.
74. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
75. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
76. Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745).
78. A human limb.
79. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
80. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
81. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
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1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
2. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
3. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
4. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
5. Circulate hot air by convection, as of certain ovens.
6. Relating to or near the radius.
7. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
10. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
11. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
22. English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).
24. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
27. Located in or toward the back or rear.
28. Represent in bodily form.
30. Having a slightly undulating margin.
34. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
35. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
36. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
38. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
51. A state of sanctification by God.
53. cause to accept or become hardened to.
56. A lightweight cord.
60. A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary.
61. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
63. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
64. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
65. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
66. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
67. A city in northern India.
69. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
70. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
73. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
77. Before noon.
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