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1. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
4. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
15. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
16. A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
20. Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
21. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
25. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. In bed.
39. Of or concerning the face.
40. (formerly) A title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt.
44. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
45. English monk and scholar (672-735).
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. Not divisible by two.
49. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
51. The state that precedes vomiting.
54. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
57. Appeal or request earnestly.
58. (logic or grammar) Of or relating to scope.
61. (archaic) Strict and severe.
64. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
66. Of or involving the ovaries.
70. Channel into a new direction.
71. Type genus of the Noctuidae.
74. A city in northern India.
75. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
76. God of wisdom or prophesy.
78. A boy or man.
79. (informal) Elegant and fashionable.
80. British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959).
81. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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1. People having the same social or economic status.
2. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
3. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
9. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
10. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
11. Free from liquid or moisture.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Speaking a Slavic language.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
24. Influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941).
26. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
28. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. Highly excited.
32. (biology) Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones.
33. Ground snakes.
34. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
36. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
37. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
38. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
41. Covered with paving material.
42. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. An official report (usually sent in haste).
50. A motley assortment of things.
52. The capital of Western Samoa.
53. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
55. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
56. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
59. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
60. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
62. Become active.
63. A genus of Indriidae.
65. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
67. An Eskimo hut.
68. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
69. A quantity of no importance.
72. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
73. Vietnamese New Year.
77. An associate degree in nursing.
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