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1. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
4. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
11. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
15. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
16. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
17. American novelist (1909-1955).
18. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit.
20. Think moodily or anxiously about something.
21. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
22. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
23. Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
25. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
27. Oil palms.
28. An honorary degree in science.
30. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
33. Being nine more than sixty.
34. Not tense or taut.
37. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
41. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
42. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
44. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
45. The sign language used in the United States.
48. A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
51. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
53. The main good female character in a work of fiction.
54. Ask for or request earnestly.
57. A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road).
58. Foul with waste matter.
60. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
62. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
63. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
64. Distinguish oneself.
66. Little known Kamarupan languages.
70. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
73. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
75. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
80. Having leadership guidance.
81. Small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature.
82. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. The brightest star in Cygnus.
4. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. Mix up or confuse.
7. Pertaining to the forward part of a vessel.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. The girl friend of a gangster.
10. An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy.
11. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
12. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
13. A populous province in northeastern China.
14. Performance of moral or religious acts.
19. A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people).
24. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
26. Wine from muscat grapes.
29. Make a splashing sound.
31. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
32. A radioactive transuranic element.
35. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.
36. Before noon.
38. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
39. Complacently or inanely foolish.
40. 20 aspers equal 1 kuru.
43. One thousandth of a second.
46. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
47. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
52. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
55. Being ten more than one hundred fifty.
56. Someone who plays golf poorly.
59. Having winglike extensions.
61. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
65. Being seven more than fifty.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. Rounded like an egg.
69. Avatar of Vishnu.
71. The residue that remains when something is burned.
72. An accountant certified by the state.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
78. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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