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1. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
5. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
11. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
15. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
16. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
18. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
20. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
22. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
24. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
25. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
36. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
43. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
51. Remove from memory or existence.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. The event of dying or departure from life.
56. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
57. A bluish shade of green.
58. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
60. Sharp piercing cry.
61. A bottle with a stopper.
64. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
65. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
69. With rapid movements.
72. Any of several East Indian birds.
75. Possessing material wealth.
78. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
79. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
81. Not reflecting light.
82. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
83. A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland.
84. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
2. Wood of a sumac.
3. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
4. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
5. Type genus of the Ranidae.
6. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
7. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
8. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
11. Open to change.
12. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
13. A fabric made from the hair of sheep.
14. Fallow deer.
19. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
21. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
23. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
27. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. Occurring or done each day.
34. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
37. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. A state in midwestern United States.
40. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
44. Rate of revolution of a motor.
45. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
46. Russian country house.
47. A beautiful and graceful girl.
48. A male servant (especially a footman).
50. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
52. Snow plant.
55. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
59. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
62. Twining perennial North American plants.
63. Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds.
66. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
67. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
68. Related on the mother's side.
70. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
71. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
73. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
74. Being of the age 13 through 19.
76. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
77. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
80. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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