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1. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
4. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
11. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
15. Lacking self-confidence.
16. The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning).
17. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
18. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
19. A three-tone Chadic language.
20. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
21. Having the same or similar characteristics.
23. (biology) Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
30. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
33. United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969).
37. A state in New England.
38. Being one more than one.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. A piece of land held under the feudal system.
44. 100 pfennigs equal 1 Deutsche Mark.
46. A Hindu prince or king in India.
48. A spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi.
50. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
51. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
52. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
54. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. A person of Iranian descent.
61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
62. Made dirty or foul.
63. A populous province in northeastern China.
67. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
71. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
72. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
75. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
79. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
80. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
81. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
2. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
3. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
4. United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951).
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
7. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
8. Dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
9. A wine bottle made of leather.
10. Inability to urinate.
11. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
12. Any plant of the genus Erica.
13. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
14. Jordan's port.
22. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
26. Lacking cordiality.
28. A state in New England.
31. A member of a Finnish people of Russia.
32. A daughter of your brother or sister.
34. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
35. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
36. A piece of land held under the feudal system.
39. A slender and greatly elongated solid substance.
40. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
43. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
45. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
47. Having winglike extensions.
49. A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to.
53. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
56. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
58. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
59. Of surpassing excellence.
60. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. Belonging to some prior time.
65. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
66. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
68. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
69. Type genus of the Anatidae.
70. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
73. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
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