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1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.
11. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Relating to or resembling a cone.
17. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
18. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist.
22. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
25. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
26. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
29. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
35. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
37. A young horse.
39. A small piece of cloth.
40. A small nail.
42. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
46. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
49. A kiln for drying hops.
50. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
51. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
52. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
53. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
58. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
62. Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree.
67. A state in the eastern United States.
68. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. North American bluebirds.
72. Jordan's port.
74. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
75. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
77. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
78. An associate degree in applied science.
79. Certainty based on past experience.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
5. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
6. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
7. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
8. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
9. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
10. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
11. The leader of an Arab village or family.
12. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
13. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
14. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
19. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
23. Clear to the mind.
24. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
27. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. Lacking firmness or stiffness.
31. Plant-sucking bugs.
33. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
34. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
36. A person of Iranian descent.
38. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
41. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
43. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
45. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
47. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
48. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
54. Flesh of large European flatfish.
56. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
57. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
59. Muscular strength.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Jordan's port.
63. Avatar of Vishnu.
64. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
65. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
66. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
71. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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