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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
11. Colloquial British abbreviation.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
17. A Loloish language.
18. A light touch or stroke.
19. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
21. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
23. (embryology) The organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals.
25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
28. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
33. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females.
36. Having a dusty purplish pink color.
38. Type genus of the Burhinidae.
40. A state in New England.
41. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
42. Type genus of the Amiidae.
43. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
45. Fiddler crabs.
46. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
47. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
49. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
52. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
55. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
56. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
58. Used of a single unit or thing.
59. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. Typical geese.
63. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
65. In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals.
68. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
72. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
73. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
78. A port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean.
80. A kind of person.
81. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
82. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
83. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Some point in the air.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
7. The products of human creativity.
8. Dignified manner or conduct.
9. Of or relating to or containing barium.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. Covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
12. A tradesman who sells hosiery (and (in England) knitwear).
13. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
14. Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears.
20. An herb with milky juice.
22. Greek mythology.
24. Cause to lose courage.
26. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
27. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
30. Be in accord.
32. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
34. Straighten up or out.
35. Cheap and shoddy.
37. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
39. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
50. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
51. A mercury-vapor lamp used in artificial sunray treatments.
53. Black tropical American cuckoo.
54. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
57. The money risked on a gamble.
61. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
62. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
64. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
66. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
67. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
69. A sudden short attack.
70. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. A reason for wanting something done.
74. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
75. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
79. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
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