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1. A quantity of no importance.
5. A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama.
12. 30 to 300 megahertz.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. Destroyed in an accident.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
20. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
21. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
22. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
23. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
25. The process of exposing to air (so as to purify).
28. Lacking motor coordination.
29. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
32. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
33. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
34. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
37. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
41. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
43. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.
46. A small piece of cloth.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
49. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. Held back.
56. 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.
59. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
61. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
62. One of the six playing periods into which the game of polo is divided.
66. Preserve a dead body.
69. Dressed in trousers.
71. The cry made by sheep.
72. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
75. Jordan's port.
76. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
77. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
79. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
80. A negative.
81. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
4. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
5. A festival featuring African-American culture.
6. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
7. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
8. Lean end of the neck.
9. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
10. A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages.
11. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
12. Abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.
13. The capital city of Vietnam.
14. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
19. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
27. A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together.
30. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
31. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
39. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
40. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
45. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
50. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
52. (informal) Of the highest quality.
53. 100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha.
54. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
55. Informal terms for a meal.
57. Derived from or containing calcium or lime.
58. A large fleet.
60. A protective covering for a knife or sword.
63. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. Informal terms for a mother.
68. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
70. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
73. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
74. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
78. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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