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1. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
4. A fibrous amphibole.
12. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Mildly laxative n.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
20. A West African language closely related to Fula.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
22. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
23. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
24. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
26. In bed.
29. Start burning.
31. At or to or toward the front.
34. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
35. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
38. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
42. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
43. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
45. Necessary for relief or supply.
46. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
48. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
50. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
52. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
53. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
54. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
57. Send out rays or waves.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
71. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
74. A characteristic sound.
75. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
77. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
78. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
79. Away from the mouth or oral region.
80. An unforeseen obstacle.
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1. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
2. God of love and erotic desire.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
6. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
8. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles.
9. Dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC).
10. Used of a single unit or thing.
11. (physics) Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces.
12. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
13. Of or relating to punishment.
14. An ordered reference standard.
19. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
25. Not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A doctor's degree in religion.
30. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
32. Mostly tropical songbird.
33. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
36. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
37. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. Put in a new, usually larger, pot, as of a plant that has grown.
41. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
44. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
55. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
56. A light touch or stroke.
58. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
59. Old World herbs and subshrubs.
60. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
64. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
65. A public promotion of some product or service.
66. A human female who does housework.
67. Wearing or provided with clothing.
68. A city of central China.
69. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
70. Highly excited.
72. Tag the base runner to get him out.
73. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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