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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. A man who raises (or tends) sheep.
12. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
15. An informal term for a father.
16. Make legal.
17. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. French classical painter (1780-1867).
20. Type genus of the Gavidae.
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
29. A blind god.
32. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
33. An island northwest of Wales.
37. Turned or twisted toward one side.
40. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
42. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
44. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. Leave someone who needs or counts on you.
50. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
52. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
54. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
55. The month following July and preceding September.
57. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
59. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
60. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
63. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
65. A protective covering or structure.
68. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
70. A flask that holds spirits.
73. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
74. A place of worship that has its own altar.
77. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
78. How long something has existed.
79. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
81. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
82. (Irish) The sea personified.
83. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. A golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers).
5. Adult female chicken.
6. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
7. First woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928).
8. Give pleasure to.
9. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
10. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
11. A desert in southern Israel.
12. Being six more than ninety.
13. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
14. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
21. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. Strike with a flat object.
30. Someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business.
31. Causing fear or dread or terror.
34. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
35. A river in Germany.
36. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
41. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
43. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
49. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
51. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
53. Of or relating to a fisheye lens.
56. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
58. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
61. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
62. Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
66. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
67. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
69. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
75. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
76. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
80. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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