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1. The unit of frequency.
4. A small spike (as the inflorescence on grasses and sedges).
12. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
15. Used of physical heat.
16. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
20. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
21. (British) Informal term for information.
22. (physics) Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces.
23. Being nine more than forty.
24. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
26. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. A state in northwestern North America.
32. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
34. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
38. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. Holding or containing nothing.
46. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
47. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
49. Take in solid food.
50. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
52. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
60. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
65. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
69. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
73. Coffee trees.
75. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
77. (informal) Roused to anger.
78. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
79. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
82. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
83. A great raja.
84. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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1. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
2. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity.
3. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
4. A small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way.
5. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
6. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
7. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
8. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
9. The basic unit of money in Romania.
10. The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia.
11. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
12. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
13. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
14. Obvious and dull.
19. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
25. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
27. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
28. Any of several compounds of barium.
33. (Scottish) A long dagger with a straight blade.
35. Avatar of Vishnu.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
39. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
40. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
41. (of weather) Wet by periods of rain.
44. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
45. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
48. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
53. A blind god.
54. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
55. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
57. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
62. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
64. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
72. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
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