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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A powerful light with reflector.
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
15. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
16. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
17. The month following March and preceding May.
18. A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
20. A disorder in the sense of smell.
22. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. A city in northwestern Turkey.
28. A particular environment or walk of life.
30. Freetail bats.
32. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
35. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
36. A master's degree in business.
39. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
41. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
43. Lie adjacent to another.
45. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
46. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
47. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
48. Type genus of the Dasyatidae.
50. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
51. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
53. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
54. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
59. Relating to or caused by a virus.
62. An associate degree in nursing.
64. Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
71. Read anew.
72. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
75. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Red breed of domestic rabbits.
79. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
80. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
81. A great raja.
82. (Babylonian) The sky god.
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1. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. Absent without permission.
3. Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
4. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
5. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
8. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
9. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
10. The capital of Lesotho.
11. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
12. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
13. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
14. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
19. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
21. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
26. An Asian river.
27. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
29. Holding or containing nothing.
31. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
33. Dark reddish-purple table grape of California.
34. A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot.
37. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
38. A port city in southwestern Iran.
40. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
42. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
44. A person who makes use of a thing.
49. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
52. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
55. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
56. Ground snakes.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
60. Water frozen in the solid state.
61. A domain in which something is dominant.
63. Indigo bush.
65. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
66. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
67. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
68. A genus of Mustelidae.
69. Chief port of Yemen.
70. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
73. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
74. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
78. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
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