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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
5. Of or involving the ovaries.
12. Inquire about.
15. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
16. Deep purplish red n 1.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. (Hinduism or Buddhism) A sacred word or syllable repeated in prayer or meditation.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
20. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
21. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
22. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
23. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
25. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
30. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
39. The residue that remains when something is burned.
40. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. Of or relating to the heart.
44. A person forced to flee from home or country.
46. Fiddler crabs.
47. Buildings for carrying on industrial labor.
48. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
50. English philosopher and jurist.
53. An elaborate song for solo voice.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. One thousandth of a second.
63. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
66. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
70. The cry made by sheep.
71. Causing abrasion.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
77. The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal.
78. The longest division of geological time.
79. An informal term for a father.
80. Moving toward the east.
81. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870).
2. Squash bugs.
3. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
4. Achieved or reached.
5. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
6. A state in the eastern United States.
7. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
8. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
9. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
10. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
11. A quantity of no importance.
12. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. Knock unconscious or senseless.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
28. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
31. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight.
35. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
37. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
38. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
41. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A decree that prohibits something.
49. Worthy of adoration or reverence.
51. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
52. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. Remove from memory or existence.
59. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
61. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
62. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
64. God of death.
65. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
67. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
68. Very dark black.
69. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
72. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
73. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
74. Fasten by sewing.
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