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1. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Characteristic of a region.
12. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
15. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
16. A device that controls amount of light admitted.
17. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
18. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
20. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
21. The month following July and preceding September.
22. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
23. Unknown god.
24. A song that was formerly popular.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness.
30. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
32. A state in New England.
34. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
38. Plunge nose first.
40. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. A very light brown.
44. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.
45. 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.
48. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. With eagerness.
54. Neither moral nor immoral.
56. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
59. English monk and scholar (672-735).
60. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
63. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
65. Indicating the most important performer or role.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. A large fleet.
74. Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
78. A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point.
80. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
81. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
82. Someone who tells a story.
83. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
4. Genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies.
5. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
6. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
7. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
8. A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario.
9. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
10. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
13. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
14. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
19. South American cavy.
25. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. Make lighter or brighter.
31. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
33. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
35. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
36. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
37. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. An unforeseen obstacle.
43. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
46. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
47. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
49. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
52. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
53. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
55. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
57. Mature male goose.
58. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
61. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
62. The greatest possible degree of something.
64. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
67. A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
69. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
70. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
71. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
79. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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