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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
11. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
15. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
16. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
17. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. A bowling pin of the type used in ninepins (or (in England) skittles).
20. God of the Underworld.
21. The father of your father or mother.
23. An industrial town in north central Alabama.
25. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. (British informal) Not to be deceived or hoodwinked n 1.
31. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
32. One of the common people.
35. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
39. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
45. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
46. A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain.
50. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
51. Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold.
52. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
53. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
55. Owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc.
57. (Babylonian) Goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta.
58. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
59. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
66. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
71. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. A loud utterance.
75. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. A coffin along with its stand.
3. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
4. Someone who willfully destroys or defaces property.
5. A shed containing a number of beehives.
6. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
7. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
8. The sound made by a gentle blow.
9. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
10. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
11. Genus of powdery mildews.
12. Without much difficulty.
13. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
22. (British slang) An unpleasant smell.
24. A Mid-Atlantic state.
26. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
27. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
29. Make numb or insensitive.
33. The act of escaping physically.
34. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
36. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
37. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
38. An innocuous or inert medication.
40. A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan.
41. Of or relating to punishment.
42. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
43. 3rd largest island in the world.
44. A town in north central Oklahoma.
47. Very sad.
48. Unknown god.
49. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
54. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
56. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
60. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
61. Any small compartment.
62. Noisy talk.
63. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
64. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
65. A French abbot.
67. A light touch or stroke.
68. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
72. A state in midwestern United States.
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