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1. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
5. Climbing salamanders.
12. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
16. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
17. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
18. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
19. A fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
20. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
22. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
24. A state of confusion and disorderliness.
27. A slender double-reed instrument.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. A proportion multiplied by 100.
32. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
35. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
38. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. A state in northwestern North America.
40. Of or relating to or involving an area.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. Type genus of the Majidae.
46. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. Administer an oil or ointment to.
51. Having the head uncovered.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord.
56. A master's degree in business.
59. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
62. A large fleet.
68. Taking place over public roads.
69. Any taillike structure.
72. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
73. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
74. Coldness due to a cold environment.
76. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
77. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
78. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
79. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
2. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
3. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
4. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
5. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
6. The state that precedes vomiting.
7. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
8. Not in good physical or mental health.
9. A notable achievement.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Wood of a sumac.
12. South American cavy.
13. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
21. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
25. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
26. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
29. Excessively fat.
33. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
34. Jordan's port.
36. Declared but not proved.
37. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
42. In bed.
43. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
45. By bad luck.
47. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. Having had the bones removed.
54. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
57. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).
58. Affect with wonder.
60. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
64. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
65. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
66. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
67. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
70. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
71. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
75. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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