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1. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
5. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
12. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. A state in the western United States.
16. A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
18. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
19. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
21. A married German woman.
23. Russian anarchist.
25. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
28. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
29. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
34. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
37. A city of central Russia south of Moscow.
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
44. An edict of the Russian tsar.
47. How long something has existed.
50. Of or belonging to an aecium.
52. A landlocked republic in central Europe.
53. Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).
56. Half the width of an em.
57. A boy or man.
58. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
59. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
61. Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground.
68. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
69. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
74. In the direction of the length.
77. Female of domestic cattle.
78. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
79. Lacking a cutting edge.
80. Range of what one can know or understand.
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1. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. Magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits.
5. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects v 1.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
11. An associate degree in nursing.
12. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
13. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
20. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
30. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
31. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
32. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
33. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
36. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
38. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
40. Made of fir or pine.
42. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
45. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
46. A geographical area and former kingdom in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan.
48. The longest division of geological time.
49. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
54. Act of writing in code or cipher.
55. Come out into view, as from concealment.
60. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
62. Advanced in years.
63. The general activity of selling.
64. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
65. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
66. A slender double-reed instrument.
67. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
70. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
71. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
75. A doctor's degree in optometry.
76. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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