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1. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
4. The dead body of a human being.
11. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
16. The domain controlled by an emir.
17. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
18. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
20. Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia.
21. A primeval personification of air and breath.
22. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
23. A small contrasting part of something.
28. A group of 3 goddesses of destiny.
29. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
32. Showing reason or sound judgment.
34. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
36. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
37. A short musical composition with words.
41. Small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia.
45. 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.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
49. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
50. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
61. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
64. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
65. An associate degree in nursing.
68. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
70. Relating to or caused by a virus.
72. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
73. (psychophysics) The difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected.
74. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
76. Rounded like an egg.
77. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
78. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. The act of catching an object with the hands.
2. A Spanish river.
3. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
4. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
5. Before noon.
6. A drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
9. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. Tear or be torn violently.
11. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
12. (used of hair) Neat and tidy.
13. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
14. The fifth of the seven canonical hours.
19. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
24. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
25. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
26. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
27. French lexicographer (1801-1881).
30. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
31. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
39. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
40. One-hundredth of a right angle.
42. A member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
47. Covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups.
51. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
52. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
53. Heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents).
55. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
57. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
58. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Any plant of the genus Inula.
66. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
67. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
69. Any of various units of capacity.
71. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
75. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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