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1. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
4. The atmosphere above a nation and deemed to be under its jurisdiction.
12. Gone by.
15. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
16. A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene.
17. A light touch or stroke.
18. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
19. A city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles.
20. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
21. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
23. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
24. Greek mythology.
26. The fatty flesh of eel.
27. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
29. A vigorous blow.
30. Of or relating to alga.
32. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
34. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
40. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. The sixth month of the civil year.
48. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
49. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
52. Not final or absolute.
54. Depressing in character or appearance.
57. English pianist (1890-1965).
58. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
59. A master's degree in fine arts.
60. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
62. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
70. The light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball.
73. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
74. Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.
76. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
77. A boy or man.
78. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
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1. In the Roman calendar.
2. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
3. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
4. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
7. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. Used of a single unit or thing.
10. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
11. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
12. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
13. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955).
14. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
22. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
25. Lower in esteem.
28. Before noon.
31. Slender long-tailed monkey of Asia.
33. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
36. A Bantu language spoken in the coastal regions of eastern Kenya.
37. The act of swimming.
38. A farewell remark.
39. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A Loloish language.
43. Immediately past.
47. Greek Cynic philosopher who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC).
50. Deprive of by deceit.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
55. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
56. Someone who bets.
61. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
63. A local and well-defined elevation of the land.
64. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
66. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
67. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
72. An informal term for a father.
75. A state in midwestern United States.
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