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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Become imbued.
11. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
15. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
16. Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
25. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
27. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
28. Most important element.
31. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
33. A state in the western United States.
37. Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
39. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
41. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
42. A distinguished female operatic singer.
44. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
50. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
54. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
56. Usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests.
58. A language group of the Hokan family.
59. And nothing more.
62. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
66. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
70. The cry made by sheep.
71. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
74. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
75. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
76. A whimsically eccentric person.
78. A line made of twisted fibers or threads.
79. A negative.
80. Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion.
81. Knock unconscious or senseless.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Having a border especially of a specified kind.
7. The compass point midway between south and west.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
10. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
11. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
12. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
13. By bad luck.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. An accountant certified by the state.
23. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
24. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
26. A state of agitated irritation.
29. A shed containing a number of beehives.
30. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
32. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
34. East Indian flying squirrel.
35. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
36. United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987).
38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. Lower in esteem.
46. Prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
51. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
52. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
53. A doctor's degree in optometry.
55. The act of tying things together.
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
60. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
61. An informal term for a father.
63. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
64. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).
65. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
67. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
68. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
69. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
72. An associate degree in applied science.
73. A unit of pressure.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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