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1. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
5. Capital of Swaziland.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
15. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
16. An artificial language proposed as an auxiliary European language.
17. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
18. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
19. A depository containing historical records and documents.
20. A castrated tomcat.
21. Adorned by inlays.
23. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
25. Spread abroad or out.
27. Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas.
29. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
30. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
31. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
40. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
42. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
43. A panel or section of panels in a wall or door.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
47. Low land that is seasonally flooded.
50. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
51. Wood of a larch tree.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
54. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae.
55. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
57. The residue that remains when something is burned.
59. In or of the present month.
60. Capital and largest city of Colombia.
62. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
65. A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river.
67. Of or concerning Qatar.
71. Being one more than two.
72. The quantity contained in a crate.
75. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
76. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
77. A letter sent by air mail.
78. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
79. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
80. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
81. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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1. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
2. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
3. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
4. The act of escaping physically.
5. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
6. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
7. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
8. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
9. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
10. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
14. To fix or set securely or deeply.
22. A strong emotion.
24. An accountant certified by the state.
26. Great coolness and composure under strain.
28. Undo the belt of.
33. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
34. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
35. A person forced to flee from home or country.
36. Type genus of the Anatidae.
37. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
38. The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes.
39. Eliminate from the body.
41. A written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition.
44. A genus of Indriidae.
45. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
48. A wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white.
49. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
52. Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano).
56. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
58. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
61. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
63. Short and fat.
64. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
66. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
68. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
69. A Hindu prince or king in India.
70. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
73. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
74. The sixth day of the week.
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