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1. Move as if through a sieve.
5. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
11. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. River in eastern Asia.
16. Used especially in treating bruises.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. Clean or orderly.
19. A sweet innocent baby.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dying and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails.
23. A city in northwestern Syria.
25. (British) Your grandmother.
26. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
27. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
29. A deep bow.
32. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
33. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
40. The month following September and preceding November.
41. Any plant of the genus Erica.
44. Summer cypress.
45. 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).
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
50. God of wisdom or prophesy.
52. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
53. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. North American rat snakes.
57. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
58. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
59. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
61. A tight-fitting headdress.
64. Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
72. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
73. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
77. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
78. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
79. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
80. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
4. Providing protective supervision.
5. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall).
6. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
7. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly.
10. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
11. The bill in a restaurant.
12. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
13. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
14. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
22. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
24. An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc.
28. A woman sahib.
30. Of or belonging to an aecium.
31. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
34. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A master's degree in business.
37. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
38. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
39. A language group of the Hokan family.
42. Hear or try a court case anew.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
49. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword.
51. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
55. Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.
56. A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.
60. An associate degree in nursing.
62. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
63. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
65. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
66. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
67. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
68. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
74. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
75. An informal term for a father.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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