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1. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
4. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
12. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Undergo resorption.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
19. Noteworthy scarcity.
20. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
22. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
25. Serving as or forming a base.
26. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
28. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
32. Fallow deer.
36. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
37. A deep ravine (usually with a river running through it).
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
43. (used with count nouns) Of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many.
44. Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918).
46. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. Being one more than two.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. The segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British).
53. The academic world.
56. Used by Maoris for thatching.
58. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
60. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
64. The second largest city in Tunisia.
66. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
68. Very small.
70. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
71. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
75. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
76. An affirmative.
77. Dragonflies and damselflies.
78. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
3. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
4. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
5. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
6. Denuded of leaves.
7. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
8. A member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Ural mountains).
9. A source of oil.
10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
11. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
12. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
13. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
14. The British system of withholding tax.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
24. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
27. Wild llama.
29. Do something to an excessive degree.
30. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
31. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
33. State in northeastern India.
34. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
35. Transient cessation of respiration.
38. Reverent petition to a deity.
39. Dried grape.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. A branch of the Tai languages.
48. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
51. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
52. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
54. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
55. An informal term for a father.
57. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
59. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
61. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
65. A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together.
67. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
69. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
72. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
73. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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