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1. An article deposited as security.
5. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
11. A coarse obnoxious person.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
17. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
18. The wife of a sheik.
20. In a natural state.
22. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
24. Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant roselike flowers.
25. An associate degree in nursing.
26. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
28. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
45. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
49. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
51. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
52. Wear away.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
57. A city in northeastern Ohio.
58. A period of time spent sleeping.
60. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
62. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
65. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus.
70. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
71. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.
77. Not in good physical or mental health.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. Having an illustrious reputation.
80. Meeting adequate standards for a purpose.
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1. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
2. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
3. Make keen or more acute.
4. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
5. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
8. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
9. Largest known toad species.
10. A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.
11. Lacking in amplitude or quantity.
12. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
21. An implement used in the practice of a vocation.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
31. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
32. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor.
34. A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm.
36. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
37. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
43. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
44. Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs.
46. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
47. (Brit) UK decimal coin worth ten pennies.
48. Located on a side.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
55. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. A state in northwestern North America.
61. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
63. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
64. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
66. Colored or impregnated with dye.
67. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
69. Containing or filled with salt.
72. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
73. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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