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1. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
5. Tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas.
12. God of the underworld.
15. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
16. Make moist.
17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
18. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
19. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
20. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
21. A reformed prostitute.
23. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
25. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
26. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
27. Flowing in drops.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. Somewhat flattened cylindrical squid.
33. 10 grams.
37. The art of making and decorating pottery.
41. Someone who looks on.
45. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
46. Used of old persons or old trees.
49. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
50. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
51. A primeval personification of air and breath.
52. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
54. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
56. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
58. A person to whom money is paid.
64. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
68. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
69. The activity of flying a glider.
72. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
73. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
74. Any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.
75. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
76. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
77. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
78. A Loloish language.
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1. A token that postal fees have been paid.
2. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
3. Formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946.
4. Submerged freshwater perennials.
5. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
6. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
7. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
8. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
9. (chemistry, physics, biology) Resistant to change.
10. That is to say.
11. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
12. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
13. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
14. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Distilled rather than fermented.
28. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
29. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
32. A cock bred and trained for fighting.
34. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
35. Used especially of fruits.
36. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
39. Perfume esp. with a censer.
40. An advantageous purchase.
42. Similar to the color of a ripe orange.
43. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury.
48. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
53. A port city in southwestern Iran.
57. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
59. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
60. Noisy talk.
61. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
62. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
63. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
65. A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).
66. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
67. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
70. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
71. Bright and pleasant.
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