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1. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
4. Become adolescent.
12. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. Genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers.
17. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
20. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
22. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
24. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
25. Become ground down or deteriorate.
26. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. Type genus of the Ranidae.
33. State in northeastern India.
37. An anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
43. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
46. One or some or every or all without specification.
47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
48. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
50. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
52. Being three more than fifty.
54. Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers.
56. Avatar of Vishnu.
57. Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs.
60. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
61. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
62. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
64. Again but in a new or different way.
66. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
69. (often followed by `with') Damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. Express the same message in different words.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. An honorary law degree.
79. Cosmopolitan genus of ferns.
80. Characteristic of a mob.
81. A Nilotic language.
82. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 83. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
3. Not only so, but.
4. Earlier a god.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
7. Commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison.
8. English essayist (1775-1834).
9. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
10. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
11. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
12. Derive or receive pleasure from.
13. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
14. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
21. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
23. Lower in esteem.
27. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
29. Before noon.
31. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
32. (Greek mythology) Any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.
34. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
35. A medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures.
36. An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider).
38. The site of an archeological exploration.
40. A master's degree in business.
41. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
44. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
49. A member of the people of Gujarat.
51. A large number of things or people considered together.
53. The content of cognition.
55. Submersible vessel for one or two persons.
58. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
59. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
63. Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
65. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
67. An Eskimo hut.
68. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
70. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
71. Very dark black.
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
75. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
76. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.