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1. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
4. Durable fragrant wood.
12. A federally chartered savings bank.
15. A strong emotion.
16. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
17. (Irish) The sea personified.
18. Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones.
20. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
22. Sour or bitter in taste.
23. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
24. A motley assortment of things.
26. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night.
31. Remaining after all deductions.
32. Fallow deer.
36. Wearing or provided with clothing.
40. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
41. Wood of any of various alder trees.
46. South African term for `boss'.
47. A genus of Ploceidae.
48. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
49. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
50. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
51. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
52. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
53. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
56. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
59. The square of a body of any size of type.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
63. Widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome.
69. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
76. The emotion of hate.
77. God of fire.
78. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
79. Armor plate that protects the chest.
80. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
81. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
82. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
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1. Of a pale purple color.
2. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
3. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
4. Covered with scabs.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. A port city in southwestern Iran.
9. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
10. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
11. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
12. An embarrassing mistake.
13. Stalk of a moss capsule.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. (of goods and merchandise) Marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights.
25. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
27. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
29. To work at or to absurd length.
33. Jordan's port.
34. (South African) An ear of corn.
35. Italian Benedictine monk who was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
37. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
38. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
39. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
42. Twist or braid together, interlace.
43. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Greek mythology.
54. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
55. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
57. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
62. God of wealth and love.
64. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
65. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
67. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
68. The food served and eaten at one time.
70. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
71. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
74. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
75. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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