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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
5. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
15. A republic in western South America.
16. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
17. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
18. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
22. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
24. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
25. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
26. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
29. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. An associate degree in nursing.
37. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
46. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
48. Sour or bitter in taste.
50. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
51. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
53. A book of recipes and cooking directions.
56. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun.
59. Physically and mentally fatigued.
60. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
63. A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
65. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
67. Lend dignity or honor to.
71. A strong emotion.
72. Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals.
75. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
76. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
77. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
79. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
80. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
81. A great raja.
82. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
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1. The complete duration of something.
2. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
3. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
4. Founder of Buddhism.
5. An operating system that is on a disk.
6. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
7. Deprive (infants) of mother's milk.
8. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
9. Not out.
10. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
11. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
12. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
13. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
14. Leap. jerk, bang (dialectal).
21. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
23. 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.
27. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
28. A group of countries in special alliance.
30. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
33. Electric underground railway.
36. A state in New England.
38. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
39. Overly self-confident or self-assertive.
41. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
42. Informal terms for a mother.
43. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
45. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. (Irish) Goddess.
52. Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
54. A festival featuring African-American culture.
55. In or to a place that is lower.
57. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
58. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
61. The month following March and preceding May.
62. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
64. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
66. A major god.
68. English monk and scholar (672-735).
69. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
70. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
73. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
74. The month following March and preceding May.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
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