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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. (Greek mythology) One of the 7 Pleiades.
12. A decree that prohibits something.
15. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
16. The state of being behind in payments.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
19. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
20. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
21. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
23. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
24. The face or front of a building.
26. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
28. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
34. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
37. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
40. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
43. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
46. (Scandinavian folklore) A supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains v 1.
47. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
49. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
51. Using speech rather than writing.
52. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
54. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
56. A branch of the Tai languages.
57. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
58. Belonging to some prior time.
60. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
62. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. The wife or widow of a czar.
70. Type genus of the Blattidae.
74. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
75. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
78. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
79. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits.
80. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
82. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
83. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
84. A port city in southwestern Iran.
85. A large quantity of written matter.
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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
3. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
4. A nation in northern North America.
5. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
6. A social division of (usually preliterate) people.
7. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
8. Seal again.
9. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
10. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
11. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
12. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
22. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
25. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927).
27. An informal term for a father.
29. A small lump or protuberance.
32. A deep bow.
33. An unimaginably large amount.
35. Delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores.
36. The brightest star in Virgo.
38. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
39. A toilet in England.
42. Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947).
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. An offspring of a Quadroon and a White parent.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
53. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
55. A telegram sent abroad.
59. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
61. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
63. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
65. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
67. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. Consistent with fact or reality.
72. A three-tone Chadic language.
73. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
76. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. Half the width of an em.
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