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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
11. Obscene terms for penis.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them.
17. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
18. City in northwestern Jordan.
20. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
21. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
22. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
24. Common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
26. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
29. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
32. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
33. Young of domestic cattle.
37. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
38. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. Unknown god.
41. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
42. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
46. Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
49. The capital city of Vietnam.
50. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. An industrial city is southeastern Austria.
54. A white trivalent metallic element.
55. A doctor's degree in religion.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
61. God of wealth and love.
63. A Mid-Atlantic state.
70. Set down according to a plan.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
74. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
76. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
77. A circular segment of a curve.
78. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
2. By bad luck.
3. God of death.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
6. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
7. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
8. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
9. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
10. Immeasurably small.
11. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
12. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
13. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
19. Belonging to some prior time.
23. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
25. Being nine more than forty.
27. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
28. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
30. Smeared thickly.
31. The fourth or lowest deck.
34. Chief port of Yemen.
35. Type genus of the family Lycosidae.
36. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
40. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
43. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
44. Being on the left side.
45. An azure blue semiprecious stone.
47. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
48. A town in western Washington.
53. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
57. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
58. Of or concerning Qatar.
59. (in Scotland) A child.
62. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
64. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
66. The basic unit of money in Iran.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. A town in north central Oklahoma.
69. Avatar of Vishnu.
71. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
72. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
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