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1. Failing to detonate.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa.
12. The sixth day of the week.
15. Black tropical American cuckoo.
16. Belonging to or inherited from one's father.
17. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
25. English monk and scholar (672-735).
26. (chemistry) Being or containing an acid.
28. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
34. A strong emotion.
35. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
37. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
41. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
42. Squash bugs.
44. Fallow deer.
45. A city in northwestern Syria.
47. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
48. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
49. A concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section.
52. Characteristic of a mob.
54. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
55. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
58. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
60. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
63. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
65. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
66. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
70. Not of long duration.
71. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
74. A genus of Lamnidae.
75. Used of a single unit or thing.
76. A person who practices masturbation.
78. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
79. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
80. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
81. Type genus of the Amiidae.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
6. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
8. Extremely robust.
9. An onerous or difficult concern.
10. A deep bow.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
13. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
14. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. Unknown god.
24. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
27. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
29. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
30. A desert in southern Israel.
31. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
32. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas.
33. State in northeastern India.
36. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
38. Found along western Atlantic coast.
39. Collect or gather.
40. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
43. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
46. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
50. The upper branches and leaves of a tree.
51. Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics.
53. Obvious and dull.
56. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
57. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
59. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
61. Make improvements or corrections to.
62. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
64. An edict of the Russian tsar.
67. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
68. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
72. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
77. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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