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1. A decree that prohibits something.
4. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
11. A French abbot.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Sister and consort of Izanami.
17. A sudden short attack.
18. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
19. A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g..
20. To fix or set securely or deeply.
21. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
23. Small cold-water silvery fish.
25. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
26. An informal term for a father.
28. Of or resembling algae.
29. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
31. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
32. On or toward the lee.
36. Sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa.
40. A master's degree in business.
42. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
43. Person who does no work.
44. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
47. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
49. A card game for 2 players.
51. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
53. Brightly colored and showy.
54. An audiotape recording of sound.
55. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. 1/10 gram.
66. City in central Iran.
71. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
74. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
75. A family of languages spoken by people scattered throughout central India.
78. A small cake leavened with yeast.
79. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
81. One millionth of a gram.
82. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
83. (of tempo) Fast n 1.
84. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
2. American novelist (1909-1955).
3. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
4. Aroused to impatience or anger.
5. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
6. The 4th planet from the sun.
7. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
8. Australasian kingfishers.
9. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
10. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
11. A large fleet.
12. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
13. A coffin along with its stand.
14. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
22. A military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines.
24. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
27. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
30. (British) A member of the military police.
33. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
34. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
35. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
37. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
38. Goddess of fate.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
57. The cry made by sheep.
59. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
60. Occurring or payable every year.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
65. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
67. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
68. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
69. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
70. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
72. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
73. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
76. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
77. Gone by.
80. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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