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1. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
4. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
11. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
15. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
16. Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion.
17. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. A soldier in a motorized army unit.
20. In bed.
21. God of wealth and love.
23. Having the head uncovered.
25. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
37. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
41. British informal term.
42. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
44. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
45. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
51. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state.
55. A Christian recluse.
58. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
59. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
60. A port city in southwestern Iran.
63. Armor plate that protects the foot.
66. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
69. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
70. Held back.
73. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
74. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
76. Flat tableland with steep edges.
77. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
78. Wild ginger.
79. Using speech rather than writing.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. Of or relating to the dura mater.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. The month following March and preceding May.
6. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. City in central Iran.
9. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
10. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
22. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
24. Fallow deer.
27. A Loloish language.
28. The event of dying or departure from life.
30. The capital and largest city of the Central Africa Republic.
32. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
35. A clay pipe with a short stem.
36. Having removed clothing.
38. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. Not based on fact.
40. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
43. An awkward stupid person.
46. Collect or gather.
49. The address where a person lives.
50. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
52. Noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts.
53. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
54. (computer science) A secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu.
56. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
62. A person who gives a name or names.
64. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
65. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
67. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
68. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
71. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
72. Lacking in light.
75. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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