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1. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
4. A climber of vertical rock faces.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
15. The products of human creativity.
16. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
20. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
21. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
22. Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923).
23. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
24. The act of escaping physically.
26. Jordan's port.
27. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
29. An antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class.
32. 1 species.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
42. Related on the mother's side.
43. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
46. An associate degree in nursing.
48. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
50. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
53. The seed of the cereal grass.
54. Submerged freshwater perennials.
56. Of or like a cecum.
59. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
60. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
61. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
65. Coextensive with the family Punicaceae.
68. Being one more than seventeen.
71. A communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc.
74. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers.
75. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
76. An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
78. The act of catching an object with the hands.
79. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
80. Any material used especially to protect something.
81. A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances.
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1. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
3. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
4. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
5. Make anew.
6. Before noon.
7. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
8. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
9. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
10. A number that is added to another number (the augend).
11. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
12. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Argentinian cariama.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
31. A city of central China.
33. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
34. United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972).
35. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
36. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
38. Obvious and dull.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. Send out rays or waves.
44. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
45. One thousandth of a second.
47. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
49. Water frozen in the solid state.
51. (zoology) Having joints or jointed segments.
52. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
55. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
57. Causing a dull and steady pain.
58. Up to the immediate present.
62. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
63. Of or relating to the kidneys.
64. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
66. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
67. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.
69. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
70. An association of criminals.
72. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
73. A master's degree in education.
77. A state in New England.
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