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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
11. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
17. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
18. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
20. Understood in a certain way.
21. Rounded like an egg.
22. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. Used of a single unit or thing.
24. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
26. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
27. Lessen the strength of.
28. Any distinct time period in a sequence of events.
31. Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
33. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
35. A soft silvery metallic element.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. British informal term.
40. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
41. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
50. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
51. Very dark gray.
54. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
55. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
56. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit.
60. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. Squash bugs.
68. A branch of the Tai languages.
69. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
73. A master's degree in business.
74. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
75. Presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood.
76. Tag the base runner to get him out.
77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
4. (Middle Eastern) Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
5. Before noon.
6. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
7. Vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish.
8. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
9. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
10. Clothing for the hands.
11. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
12. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
13. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
14. A thermoplastic polyamide.
19. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
25. A loud utterance.
29. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
30. A genus of Platalea.
32. In bed.
34. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
38. Affected manners intended to impress others.
39. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
45. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
46. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
47. Unknown god.
48. A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks.
49. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
52. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
53. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
57. Exultantly proud and joyful.
58. An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.
59. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
61. A genus of Lamnidae.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Jordan's port.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. (prefix) Half or partial.
70. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
71. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
72. Noisy talk.
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