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1. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
5. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.
12. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
15. Cause annoyance in.
16. Front paw.
17. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
18. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
19. A South American river 1,500 miles long.
20. Used of a single unit or thing.
21. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
23. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
24. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
26. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
28. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A young woman making her debut into society.
34. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
35. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
37. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
39. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
43. The sacred city of Lamaism.
48. Highly excited.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
53. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
54. An ability to understand a broad range of topics.
56. Someone who operates a barge.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
61. An account describing incidents or events.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
66. A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
71. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
79. An associate degree in applied science.
80. Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II.
81. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
82. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
83. A sharp blow.
84. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
85. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. A Loloish language.
3. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
4. (formal) A person who announces important news.
5. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
6. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
7. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
8. Assign a new name to.
9. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
10. An enclosed space.
11. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
12. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
13. A form of Japanese poetry.
14. An advantageous purchase.
22. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
25. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
27. A Russian river.
29. Refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them.
32. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
36. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
40. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
41. Small goat antelope with small conical horns.
42. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
44. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
45. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
50. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
52. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
60. A nation in northern North America.
62. The superior of an abbey of monks.
65. Jordan's port.
67. Beside one another in a row or rank.
68. A Hindu prince or king in India.
69. A city in northwestern Syria.
70. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
72. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
73. A small cake leavened with yeast.
74. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
77. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
78. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
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