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1. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
5. A substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
15. A range horse of the western United States.
16. 1 species.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
18. Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
20. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
25. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
28. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
31. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
32. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
36. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
38. Source of a tough elastic wood.
40. The extreme end of something.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. Found pleasant or attractive.
43. (Babylonian) Consort of Anu.
46. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
48. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
49. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
52. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
54. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. Remove from its packing.
57. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
59. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
62. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
64. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
68. Lacking excess flesh.
70. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
71. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
72. An electrically charged particle.
76. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
77. Used of a single unit or thing.
78. Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices.
79. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection.
3. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
4. English prelate and statesman.
5. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
6. A state in southeastern United States.
7. The seed of the chickpea plant.
8. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
9. The month following October and preceding December.
10. Broken into sharp pieces.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
13. Type genus of the Ranidae.
14. By bad luck.
19. Remove from memory or existence.
23. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
24. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
26. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. A state in northwestern North America.
29. Of or in or relating to the nose.
30. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.
33. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
34. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
35. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
37. God of love and erotic desire.
39. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
44. A resident of Utah.
45. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
47. A technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast).
50. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
51. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826).
53. An artificial language.
58. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
60. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
61. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
63. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
65. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
66. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
67. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
69. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
73. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
74. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
75. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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