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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A distinguishing emblem.
11. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections.
17. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island west of Vancouver.
20. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
21. Formed or conceived by the imagination.
23. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
25. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
33. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles.
36. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
38. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. A Russian river.
44. The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating.
47. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
50. Being or given to servile imitation.
51. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
53. Order of mammals having few or no teeth including.
54. Highly excited.
56. A worker who lays tile.
57. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.
60. Blatant or sensational promotion.
63. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
65. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
70. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
72. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
74. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
79. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
80. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
81. Being one more than ninety.
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1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
4. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth.
5. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
6. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
7. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
8. Make use of.
9. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
10. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
11. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
12. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
13. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
14. Of or relating to alga.
22. A genus of Pyralidae.
24. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
27. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
34. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
35. (anatomy) Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body.
37. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
39. A ski run densely packed with snow.
40. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. The ending of a series or sequence.
45. (British) An abbreviation of pantomime.
46. The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
49. A loose dressing gown for women.
52. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
55. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
58. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
59. Cause to lose one's nerve.
61. Desire strongly or persistently.
62. Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor.
64. Money in the form of bills or coins.
67. A mythical Greek hero.
68. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
69. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. An accountant certified by the state.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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