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1. 10 grams.
4. A fence or screen (as behind home plate in baseball).
12. Enlarged prostate.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field.
17. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
18. Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock.
20. African antelopes.
21. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
22. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
23. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
25. Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
27. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
28. Physically and mentally fatigued.
29. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
32. Famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769).
34. English essayist (1775-1834).
36. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
37. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
41. One millionth of a gram.
44. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
45. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
47. A city in northwestern Syria.
50. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
51. A genus of Sterninae.
53. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
55. Having strength or power greater than average or expected.
57. Dreamy in mood or nature.
58. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938).
61. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
62. The Italian region on the island of Sicily.
65. A resident of Idaho.
70. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
73. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
74. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
78. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
79. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
80. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A rounded projection or protuberance.
3. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. Malicious burning to destroy property.
6. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
7. A Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging.
8. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
9. A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
10. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail).
11. 100 pesewas equal 1 cedi.
12. God of wealth and love.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Having a feeling of home.
19. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
24. A small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox).
26. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
30. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
31. Someone who can use sign language to communicate.
33. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
35. An uproarious party.
38. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
39. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters.
40. (dentistry) A filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
42. A small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication.
43. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
46. Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
48. Late time of life.
49. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
52. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).
54. Not only so, but.
56. Minor or subordinate.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
63. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
64. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
66. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
67. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
68. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
69. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
71. The capital and largest city of Japan.
72. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
76. Half the width of an em.
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