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1. A gait in which steps and hops alternate.
5. Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
12. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
15. Not final or absolute.
16. Characterized by emotion.
17. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
18. Inability to walk.
19. The capital and largest city of France.
20. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
21. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
24. English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape.
26. An indication of approved or superior status.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
31. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
34. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
37. The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.
41. A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion.
43. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
44. The sound made by a cow or bull.
45. How long something has existed.
46. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
47. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
49. In a sleek glossy manner.
52. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
53. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
58. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
60. A condition requiring relief.
63. A sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety.
67. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
71. Any soft or soggy mass.
72. A daughter of your brother or sister.
75. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
76. A person who possesses great material wealth.
77. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
79. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
80. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
81. A large fleet.
82. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
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1. The act of catching an object with the hands.
2. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. A dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit.
5. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
6. Before noon.
7. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. (British) A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed.
10. Give expression to.
11. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
12. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
13. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
14. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
25. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
27. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
29. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
32. Great merriment.
33. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
35. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
36. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
38. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
39. Slightly wet.
40. Music performed for dancing the polka.
42. The fatty flesh of eel.
48. Marked by extreme anger.
50. Having escaped, especially from confinement.
51. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
64. One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
65. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
66. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
68. A formation of people or things one beside another.
69. (New Testament) The Apostle closely associated with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel.
70. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
73. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
78. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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