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1. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
5. Qualities that are comparable.
12. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
15. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
16. A series of chirps.
17. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
18. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. English film actress (1913-1967).
21. A slight amount or degree of difference.
22. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
24. The address where a person lives.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
30. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
31. (archaic) Of persons.
34. Be in accord.
35. A state in northwestern North America.
36. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
43. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
50. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
52. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
55. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
57. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
58. An angular shape made by folding.
60. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
61. True confidential information.
63. Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC).
66. A flask that holds spirits.
69. An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down.
70. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
73. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
74. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
75. Ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side.
77. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
78. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
79. Dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
2. A state in the western United States.
3. Informal terms for a human head.
4. A sudden and violent collapse.
5. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
6. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
7. Distance measured in miles.
8. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
9. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
10. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
11. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
12. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
13. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
14. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
25. God of wealth and love.
28. (informal) Exceptionally good.
29. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
32. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
33. Terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Before noon.
39. A magician or sorcerer of ancient times.
40. Make less active or intense.
42. A Greek island west of Greece.
44. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A small nail.
49. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
51. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
53. One who adheres to traditional views.
54. A large stringed instrument.
56. A game in which quoits or horseshoes are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.
59. Of a firearm.
62. Covered or furnished with tiles.
64. Carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
71. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
72. God of war and sky.
76. A state in New England.
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