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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. The state of being absent.
11. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
15. A master's degree in education.
16. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
17. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
20. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
21. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
22. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
25. Of a leaf shape.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
30. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
32. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
36. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
40. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
41. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
45. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
47. God of love and erotic desire.
50. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
51. Australian moundbird.
53. Bubble shells.
56. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
58. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
59. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
60. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
62. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
64. The act of scanning.
67. A province in north-central China.
69. A slender double-reed instrument.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
81. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
82. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
83. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
3. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
4. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
5. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. Order by virtue of superior authority.
8. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
9. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
10. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
11. 1 species.
12. Of or relating to or involving an area.
13. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
14. Easy to reach.
19. A populous province in northeastern China.
23. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
24. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
29. Transparent anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye.
31. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
37. A genus of Ploceidae.
38. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
39. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
42. Jordan's port.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
48. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
52. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
54. European annual grown for forage.
55. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
61. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
63. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
65. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
66. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
68. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
70. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
71. Rounded like an egg.
72. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
74. Of southern Europe.
75. An accountant certified by the state.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Being nine more than ninety.
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