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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. A region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia.
12. A federally chartered savings bank.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Walk about.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. Remove offensive capability from.
20. British composer (1857-1934).
21. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
22. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
23. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
25. A saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels.
27. Of or relating to the kidneys.
28. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
29. A French abbot.
32. Of heavy boots.
35. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
38. (Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the Round Table.
42. Of or relating to the nervous system.
44. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
45. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
46. A slender double-reed instrument.
50. Being nine more than ninety.
51. Baby bed with high sides.
52. The commonest type of solidified lava.
53. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
56. A town in north central Oklahoma.
58. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
59. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
61. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
64. Being one more than one hundred.
66. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
68. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
72. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
74. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
77. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
78. Type genus of the Gliridae.
80. On or toward the lee.
81. Not only so, but.
82. Wool of the alpaca.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
4. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
5. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
6. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
7. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock.
8. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
9. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
10. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
11. Depending on free oxygen or air.
12. Subject to change.
13. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
14. (Irish) Goddess.
19. The state of being behind in payments.
24. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
26. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
30. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).
31. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
33. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
34. Tag the base runner to get him out.
36. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. Eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May).
39. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
40. A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant.
41. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
43. A desert in central Asia.
47. Relating to binomials.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
54. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
55. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
57. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
60. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. Jordan's port.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. A small island.
67. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
69. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
73. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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