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1. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
5. A hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. A Russian river.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco).
20. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. A landlocked republic in southern central Africa.
25. State in northeastern India.
28. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
30. (Greek mythology) The husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. Relating to or containing acetic acid.
40. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
41. An informal conversation.
44. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. Being one more than one hundred.
47. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
48. (informal) Roused to anger.
49. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
50. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
53. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
61. Any toad of the genus Bufo.
64. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. (Welsh myth) The other world.
72. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone.
76. Orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy.
78. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
79. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
80. Amphibians that resemble lizards.
81. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
3. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. Short and fat.
6. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
7. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
8. Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals.
9. Affected by ague.
10. Long and light rowing boat.
11. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
12. By bad luck.
13. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
24. Being one more than fifty.
26. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
27. A peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands.
29. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
31. Common house and field crickets.
32. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
33. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
35. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
36. Related on the father's side.
37. Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs.
39. The capital of Western Samoa.
42. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. An honorary degree in science.
56. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
57. Frightened into submission or compliance.
58. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
59. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
60. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
62. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
63. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
65. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
67. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
68. The emotion of hate.
69. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
71. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
73. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
77. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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