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1. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
4. Uneaten and saved for eating later.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served.
17. A transuranic element.
18. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
19. The process of becoming mildewed.
20. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
22. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
24. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
25. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
26. A sign of something about to happen.
27. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
28. A mistake resulting from inattention.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape.
34. The cry made by sheep.
37. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
41. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
42. Lower in esteem.
44. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
45. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
47. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
52. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
55. A light touch or stroke.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
64. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
69. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
72. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
73. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
74. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
77. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
78. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
79. A dicot family of the order Urticales including.
80. A master's degree in education.
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1. United States writer (born in 1925).
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
4. An artificial language.
5. Morally bad or wrong.
6. (Greek mythology) Ancient god of the sun.
7. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
8. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
9. The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
12. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
13. Squash bugs.
14. A branch of the Tai languages.
21. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
23. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
29. A cloth having a crisscross design.
32. God of fire.
33. A choice or delicious dish.
35. The residue that remains when something is burned.
36. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
38. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
39. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
51. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
56. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
58. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
59. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
61. A woman of refinement.
62. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
63. (usually used colloquially) Causing or accompanied by misfortune.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
67. A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons).
68. Any competition.
70. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
71. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
76. A state in midwestern United States.
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