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1. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
4. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
11. Sleep in a convenient place.
15. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
16. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
17. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
18. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
19. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
21. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
24. Used of a single unit or thing.
28. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
30. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. An African antelope closely related to the waterbuck.
32. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
36. A quantity of no importance.
39. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
41. The month following February and preceding April.
42. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
43. A European river.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
47. The seventh month of the civil year.
50. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
52. Squash bugs.
54. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
56. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
58. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
59. A long-playing phonograph record.
61. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
65. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
69. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
70. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
75. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
76. Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.
77. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
78. The cry made by sheep.
79. The process of an individual organism growing organically.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. No longer active or practicing.
5. By bad luck.
6. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
7. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
8. Take off a hook.
9. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
10. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
11. The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan).
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
22. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
23. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
25. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
26. Mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior.
27. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
29. Relating to or near the radius.
33. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
34. A genus of Ploceidae.
35. Emit a cry intended to attract other animals.
37. A special loved one.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
40. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
45. A kind of polyester fabric.
51. (Welsh) A warrior god.
55. Half the width of an em.
57. Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
61. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
64. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
71. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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