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1. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
5. Of or relating to a dialect of Sotho or the Bantu people who speak it.
11. Fallow deer.
15. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
16. Gained or acquired.
17. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
18. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
20. A resource.
21. Greek mythology.
22. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
23. Being or given to servile imitation.
26. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
28. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. American dramatist (1928- ).
41. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
42. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
44. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. Absent without permission.
49. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
54. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
55. Divulge information or secrets.
57. An enclosed space.
58. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
65. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
81. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
82. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
83. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
2. God of fire.
3. A genus of Ploceidae.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
6. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
7. Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person.
8. An associate degree in nursing.
9. A resident of Nevada.
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
12. Jordan's port.
13. An island northwest of Wales.
14. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
19. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
24. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. Remove the bones from (an animal).
34. Of or relating to or consisting of enol.
36. Anything that tends to arouse.
37. A white trivalent metallic element.
38. A state in midwestern United States.
39. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
40. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
47. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
50. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
51. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
53. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
56. The boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
59. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
64. A sign of something about to happen.
66. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
67. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
69. Set down according to a plan.
70. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
71. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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