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1. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
5. A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress.
12. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
15. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
16. A regular patron.
17. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
18. Divisible by two.
19. Lower in esteem.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
24. The sixth month of the civil year.
25. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
26. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
27. An iconic mental representation.
29. A solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print.
31. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
35. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
36. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
39. Type genus of the Otariidae.
42. French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923).
44. Type genus of the Amiidae.
46. Select as an alternative.
47. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
48. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
61. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
62. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
65. A quantity of no importance.
69. A local computer network for communication between computers.
70. A city and port in northern Jutland.
74. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. An accountant certified by the state.
78. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
79. Oldest known reptiles.
80. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
3. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
4. Assembly possessing high legislative powers.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
6. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
7. A port city in southwestern Iran.
8. A city in Tuscany.
9. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics.
10. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
12. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
13. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (Southern).
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
23. Sharp piercing cry.
28. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
30. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
32. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
33. Bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills.
34. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
37. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
38. Coextensive with the family Punicaceae.
40. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
41. The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
43. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
45. Informal terms for a mother.
50. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
52. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
54. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
55. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
57. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
58. Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal.
59. An African amulet.
63. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
66. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
67. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
68. Type genus of the Anatidae.
71. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
72. The cry made by sheep.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
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