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1. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
5. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
11. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
16. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
17. A city in northern India.
18. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
19. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
20. A boy or man.
21. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
23. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
25. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
26. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
28. (British) Your grandmother.
29. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
31. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
37. Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers.
41. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
45. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
46. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
48. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
51. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
52. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
53. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
54. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
55. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
58. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
60. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
61. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
63. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
64. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
66. A building where prostitutes are available.
69. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
76. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
77. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
78. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
80. A notable achievement.
81. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
82. United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay.
2. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
3. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
6. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
7. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
8. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
9. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
10. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
11. One who works hard at boring tasks.
12. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
13. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
14. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
22. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
24. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. The amount a salary is increased.
32. Lower in esteem.
35. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
36. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
39. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
40. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
42. A small fragment.
43. Relating to or caused by a virus.
44. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. Remove surgically.
49. Someone who listens attentively.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. Diarrhea in livestock.
57. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
59. An informal term for a father.
62. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
65. A genus of Ploceidae.
67. Same in identity.
68. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
70. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. A quantity of no importance.
75. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
79. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
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