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1. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
5. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
12. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
15. Extremely robust.
16. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
17. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
18. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
22. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
23. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
25. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
30. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
33. Wood of a sumac.
36. United States playwright (1906-1963).
39. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
41. The act of swimming.
43. The square of a body of any size of type.
44. Former usage synonymous with Antedon.
47. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
49. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
50. A state in midwestern United States.
52. (informal) Roused to anger.
53. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
54. Used of a single unit or thing.
56. Jewelry to ornament the ear.
58. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
59. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
61. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
63. The fine downy hair covering a human fetus.
65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
72. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
74. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
76. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
77. The state capital of South Australia.
79. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
80. An affirmative.
81. A great raja.
82. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
2. (Greek mythology) God of love.
3. A connecting point at which several lines come together.
4. A member of the Uniat Church.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. A deep bow.
8. Before noon.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
10. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
11. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
12. Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers.
13. Clean or orderly.
14. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
19. An associate degree in nursing.
21. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
29. Fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat.
31. Without moral standards or principles.
32. Informal terms for a human head.
34. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else.
38. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
40. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
42. New World flycatchers.
45. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
51. Pain in the thigh.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
60. Involving two dimensions.
62. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
64. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
66. On or toward the lee.
67. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
68. An endorsement.
69. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
71. A small island.
73. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
75. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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