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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
15. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
16. Linear with respect to each of two variables or positions.
17. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
18. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
19. Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas.
20. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
22. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
24. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
25. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
26. Any of various plastic laminates containing melamine.
28. (usually plural) A destructive action.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
34. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. A fit of shivering.
42. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
43. Source of a tough elastic wood.
45. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
46. A French abbot.
48. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
49. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. A nonenterprising person who is not paying his way.
68. Wild ginger.
70. Any high mountain.
71. Relating to exegesis.
74. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
75. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
76. A line that marks the side boundary of a playing field.
77. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. A dreamy romantic or sentimental quality.
80. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
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1. Blow hard and loudly.
2. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
3. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
7. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
8. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
9. A baby from birth to four weeks.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. Any plant of the genus Erica.
12. With rapid movements.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
21. Disparaging terms for the common people.
23. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
27. A block of absorbent material saturated with ink.
29. Included seven times in every 19 years.
31. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
32. Wood of a sumac.
33. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
35. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
36. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
41. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A light touch or stroke.
50. A small nail.
51. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
52. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
54. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
57. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
58. English monk and scholar (672-735).
59. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
61. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
62. A chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point.
63. Affect with wonder.
65. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
66. The capital of Western Samoa.
67. An opening that permits escape or release.
69. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
72. Late time of life.
73. God of war and sky.
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