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1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. Family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface.
12. An enclosed space.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
16. Deeply eroded barren land.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
20. Malicious satisfaction.
21. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
22. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
23. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
25. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
27. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
28. A polite name for any woman.
29. Lacking companions or companionship.
30. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
32. The basic unit of money in Israel.
35. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
39. A state in midwestern United States.
40. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
43. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
46. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
50. A doctor's degree in optometry.
51. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
53. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
56. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
58. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
62. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
64. Young of domestic cattle.
67. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
69. Anything that serves as an enticement.
72. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
73. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
74. Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space.
75. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
76. At or constituting a border or edge.
77. Loggerhead turtles.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
2. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
3. Amphibians that resemble lizards.
4. Capital of Swaziland.
5. Tag the base runner to get him out.
6. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
7. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. Enough to meet a purpose.
10. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
11. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. Using the voice.
14. A can for storing tea.
19. Be a signal for or a symptom of.
24. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
26. Blister beetles.
31. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
33. Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936).
34. An informal term for a father.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
37. Type genus of the Anatidae.
38. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
41. A city in northwestern Syria.
42. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
44. Coming into view.
45. A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire.
47. (botany) Of some seeds.
52. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
54. A small chin beard trimmed into a point.
55. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
57. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
63. Set down according to a plan.
65. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
66. A sudden quick movement.
68. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
70. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
71. Take in solid food.
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